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Seeing the NASA ask for a permanent moon base at $20B while the pentagon is looking for $200B really puts it into perspective. You’re telling me it’s going to c
by roxolotl 7mo ago
Seeing the NASA ask for a permanent moon base at $20B while the pentagon is looking for $200B really puts it into perspective. You’re telling me it’s going to cost 10x as much to wage war on Iran as it is to build a moon base? Wtf are we doing.
- johng 7mo agoIf you think NASA will be able to build a moon base for $20B, I've got a bridge to sell you.
- roxolotl 7mo agoOh yes absolutely it will cost more than $20B. But that’s an order of magnitude difference. If NASA has price overruns by 9x it’s still cheaper. That’s why it’s so stark.
- fragmede 7mo agoNASA didn't go to moon for the love of science and because it was cool. They went there because Sputnik was an ICBM with a radio for a payload instead of a warhead.
- chews 7mo agodidn't know that Neal Degrasse Tyson was also on HN.