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Moostache

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23. Up until now I was reticent to believe "fake news" was infecting everything...

Thu May 3, 2018, 12:24 PM

May 2018

Not any more...

The idea that fundamental research for the acquisition of knowledge alone is not worth doing is anathema to me. There is simply no better use of public dollars than research that opens up new possibilities and technologies that have no chance of being discovered through purely "market forces".

I would support a 100% force reduction in the US military before I would support cutting one more dollar from basic research...the former is defending the past and those who already gained from it, helping them keep more for themselves and less for everyone else; the latter is for the benefit of all in the long run and a forward looking approach to government's role.

I strongly suspect trolls are here among us and posting this kind of stuff to take everyone's eye off the ball and the crimes that Trump and the GOP are committing (and getting away with) daily...

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NASA Completes early tests of mini nuclear fission Reactor which could Power human Settlements on Ma [View all] Calista241 May 2018 OP

Historically, exploration was for economic gain bucolic_frolic May 2018 #1

The real economic gain is down here LunaSea May 2018 #3

Thanks bucolic_frolic May 2018 #8

You're welcome LunaSea May 2018 #11

Aaaaand argument destroyed. byronius May 2018 #15

Guess that shows not all of us.. MicaelS May 2018 #20

A blind, dogmatic adherence to bias is not as specific to religion as we may like to believe. LanternWaste May 2018 #33

OK, we get it. You don't want to listen or debate. No problem. But you are still WRONG. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #38

Thank you DavidDvorkin May 2018 #25

To seek out new life, Bayard May 2018 #10

Really? This'll be the new Tang. Hortensis May 2018 #19

Heating homes problem not lack of resources; due to roadblocking decent mild socialism. Trumpers Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #21

+ 1,000 suffragette May 2018 #37

If price inflation is the cost of advancing human civilization, so be it. We can handle it. Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #43

trying to get to Mars heaven05 May 2018 #2

Yeah, no lack of imagination for ideas of what to do next. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #22

Ad astra per aspera. ChazInAz May 2018 #26

Absolutely. A million & one ideas for what to do next AND simultaneously. Newton had imagination. nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #28

the stars do heaven05 May 2018 #48

Helim-3 Mining! Blue_Adept May 2018 #47

Has anyone at NASA Cold War Spook May 2018 #4

Since they wrote many of the papers and provided most of the subject material for these studies, Calista241 May 2018 #5

Do you really believe they are unfamiliar Codeine May 2018 #6

Either they are ignorant of it, Cold War Spook May 2018 #12

Also Mars Cold War Spook May 2018 #14

No and no. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #17

There are dangers. ChazInAz May 2018 #27

This is not about what dangers people are willing to face, Cold War Spook May 2018 #32

NASA has made tremendous strides in protecting humans from the dangers of microgravity. lagomorph777 May 2018 #36

And they did it all at 1 G Cold War Spook May 2018 #42

Which side of the Cold War were you on? lagomorph777 May 2018 #46

Is this a serious question? IronLionZion May 2018 #7

Actually LunaSea May 2018 #13

Yes, NASA has bothered to read. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #18

Explorers were quite familiar with the results of diseases on long ocean voyages csziggy May 2018 #30

It's amazing how humans settled nearly the entire inhabitable planet... hunter May 2018 #39

True - and it is appalling that the Columbus "discovery" is still taught csziggy May 2018 #40

Have you researched your own query, or simply looking to advertise your cleverness LanternWaste May 2018 #34

Can't believe the shit in this thread. MicaelS May 2018 #9

One wonders who wants the US space program to fade away and die. byronius May 2018 #16

Hell, even the Luddites believed in science LanternWaste May 2018 #35

The Anti-Science Brigade has always been here. Codeine May 2018 #45

Up until now I was reticent to believe "fake news" was infecting everything... Moostache May 2018 #23

It's an interesting machine using heat pipes and a Stirling engine. hunter May 2018 #24

Distinct possibility that *permanent* habitation on those worlds may lengthen life. Gravity sucks. Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #29

"There is no gravity. The earth sucks." DavidDvorkin May 2018 #31

The Earth's magnetic field and atmosphere shield us from intense radiation. hunter May 2018 #41

Those are all good points. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #44