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Kennah

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17. I agree that it addresses intangibles ...

Reply to Boston_Chemist (Reply #13)

Thu Dec 29, 2011, 01:08 AM

Dec 2011

... but the spinoff advancements and technologies from our time playing in space have been tremendous.

I have at times heard people say something along the lines of, "We can't build high speed rail, and we have to pursue solar instead."

Umm, we really need both. Education or healthcare? I say both. Rebuild crumbling bridges or improve our power grid? Again I say both.

Get the fuck of Iraq or get the fuck out of Afghanistan? Hmmm, once again, I will say both.

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