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RoccoR5955

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10. Meanwhile if we had a truly socialist space program

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 29, 2013, 09:28 AM

Mar 2013

We would safely be sending people to Alpha Centauri safely, while we already had outposts on Mars, the Moon, and Ganymede (or another moon).
This capitalization of space will just make any technology that is gained from a space program more expensive, and transport will come down a bit before it goes up, as more corporate executives get greedy. It happens all the time within a capitalist system.

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Docked! Soyuz Takes Shortcut to Space Station [View all] bananas Mar 2013 OP

VERY cool!! MADem Mar 2013 #1

Hey..... PolitFreak Mar 2013 #2

More Americans have died in American spacecraft than all people in Russian spacecraft. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #4

Yeah PolitFreak Mar 2013 #5

You made that absolutely clear already. Though not sure what your point is. idwiyo Mar 2013 #8

*facepalm* (nt) Posteritatis Mar 2013 #13

Result of free enterprise and capitalism: Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #3

Meanwhile if we had a truly socialist space program RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #10

A truly socialist space program is the Russian one. First in space and then out of gas. No thanks. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #11

If Russia was a socialist country, that might be true. RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #14

Ok. The Swedish space program. nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #16

The Swedes don't have the money to put into their program. RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #18

Exactly. Another failed socialist space program. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #19

NO, another underfunded space program. n/t RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #20

Exactly. Underfunded and failed: Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2013 #21

No it's not... RoccoR5955 Mar 2013 #23

Your knowledge of USSR is truly astounding. I am impressed. idwiyo Mar 2013 #22

That's pretty awesome! Paulie Mar 2013 #6

In th 1960s it only took a few hours to launch, rendezvous and dock MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #7

They launched the spacecraft within a couple of hours of each other, for starters Posteritatis Mar 2013 #12

Of course, that makes sense. MannyGoldstein Mar 2013 #17

Great results! Thumbs up for the space exploration and science! idwiyo Mar 2013 #9

Takes me longer to drive I-95 to DC. Historic NY Mar 2013 #15