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$100 billion is still a drop in the bucket when compared to iur own federal budget, let alone the budgets of all the participating countries in the ISS. It is a
by IndianAstronaut 11y ago
$100 billion is still a drop in the bucket when compared to iur own federal budget, let alone the budgets of all the participating countries in the ISS. It is also a showcase as to how we can survive the depths of space if we ever need to migrate off this planet.
- tptacek 11y ago$100bn is not a "drop in the bucket"; it's more than the Department of Education, something like 3x what we spend on housing, and actually a pretty sizeable chunk of the discretionary military budget.
- IndianAstronaut 11y agoThat is all in one year. The ISS has been there for 16 years.