Will The New Republican-Led House Try to Cut NASA's Budget? - Polidicks

let's borrow some money from our defense budget.

The GOP is only interested in rockets that hit the ground again, preferably near "terrorists"

[QUOTE=Big Dumb American;25857077]Space is an untapped goldmine which may hold the key to solving any number of the world's problems, which I don't know anywhere near enough about to comment on any further than this, but which I still feel safe enough asserting without evidence.[/QUOTE] The problem is, it's a long term goal. The people in congress can't grasp how critical space is, because it will take decades for any real advances to show up. So they don't see it as a worthy investment when we can just do other things and waste our money. Shame, the space race seemed so promising to just end in an almost complete cut of the space program.

[QUOTE=Sporkfire;25857076]rather spend it on our crumbling and outdated infrastructure, than sending a shiny spaceship into the void.[/QUOTE] How about we send the shiny spaceship into the void so that we can obtain the NEAR LIMITLESS RESOURCES that exist just within our solar system? With reliable space travel, all our major concerns as a species are pretty severely decreased. [editline]4th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Edthefirst;25861978]The problem is, it's a long term goal. The people in congress can't grasp how critical space is, because it will take decades for any real advances to show up. So they don't see it as a worthy investment when we can just do other things and waste our money. Shame, the space race seemed so promising to just end in an almost complete cut of the space program.[/QUOTE] The advancements take decades right now because we have NASA on a teeny drip of funding. Give them 10% of the military budget and watch how shit changes.

Of all of the exorbitantly expensive programs the U.S. Government spends its money on (Defense, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Healthcare, etc) they want to cut one of the least expensive (relatively) yet more valuable expenditures? Clear and rational thinking here folks. Clear and rational. [img]http://www.federalbudget.com/chart.gif[/img]

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NASA can go screw themselves. Let's spend 1 trillion dollars taking over the Middle East from the scary muslims, IN THE NAME OF JESUS!

Even if they cut [B]all of it[/B]. That's still only about 20 billion a year. That's barely an okay start. [editline]5th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Edthefirst;25861978]The problem is, it's a long term goal. The people in congress can't grasp how critical space is, because it will take decades for any real advances to show up. So they don't see it as a worthy investment when we can just do other things and waste our money. Shame, the space race seemed so promising to just end in an almost complete cut of the space program.[/QUOTE] When was the last time we saw ANY bang for our NASA buck?

Space exploration is THE FUTURE in every sense of the word, if the reps need (economical) motivation then they'd just have to look at all the space flight/tourism businesses popping up everywhere these days

Dumb. Truman created NASA. He was a Democrat. Eisenhower came into office. He was a Republican. Soviets launched the piece of orbiting scrap metal known as Sputnik. Eisenhower put millions into NASA. If anything, Republicans are completely sided with funding NASA. This article is based completely on assumptions. Yes, Boehner did vote against the NASA bill, but only because it would've doubled NASA's budget. Just so you know, the treasury doesn't have that much money to dish out.

[QUOTE=Jewsus;25864396]When was the last time we saw ANY bang for our NASA buck?[/QUOTE] [url=http://curiosity.discovery.com/topic/transportation-science/ten-nasa-inventions.htm]10 NASA Inventions You Might Use Every Day[/url] 10. Invisible Braces 09. Scratch Resistent Lenses 08. Memory Foam 07. Ear Thermometer 06. Shoe Insoles 05. Long Distance Telecom 04. Smoke Detector 03. Safety Grooving (in concrete) 02. Cordless Tools 01. Water Filters

all cordless tools ever are made by nasa? [editline]4th November 2010[/editline] I mean, the concept of a battery...is...?

They invented the technology behind them Likely high density batteries and recharging technology for them

"Let's cut NASA's budget and put more into the defense budget!" "Yeah! Who need science anyway?"

Way to be ignorant, you guys. "Oh, I hurd some guy on the internet say Republicans bad so that must mean they're going to destroy everything" I live in Huntsville, which is where the Space & Rocket Center is located, and believe me you there was a shitstorm like no other when 'Obama' cut funding to NASA. A lot of people where I live lost their jobs. Republicans will [I]not [/I]try to cut NASAs budget. Not Republicans from Alabama anyway. (Which we all know are the [I]true[/I] reps)

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;25854830]Source: [url]http://nasawatch.com/archives/2010/11/will-the-new-re.html[/url] Yes, they will kill NASA and claim Obama's plan was all part of the social-communist Obamacare Illuminati spending anti-GOP conspiracy. And say Obama is also a shape-shifting alien lizard who shot a Christian man from Reno just to watch him die. [/QUOTE] [editline]5th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Tetracycline;25865304]all cordless tools ever are made by nasa? [editline]4th November 2010[/editline] I mean, the concept of a battery...is...?[/QUOTE] [img]http://www.boingboing.net/images/_issues_2007_february-march_images_pop_pistol-grip.jpg[/img] Astronaut powerdrill.

NASA should be one of the most important departments out there. The possibilities it offers are endless.

[QUOTE=kevn150;25864572]Dumb. Truman created NASA. He was a Democrat. Eisenhower came into office. He was a Republican. Soviets launched the piece of orbiting scrap metal known as Sputnik. Eisenhower put millions into NASA. If anything, Republicans are completely sided with funding NASA. This article is based completely on assumptions. Yes, Boehner did vote against the NASA bill, but only because it would've doubled NASA's budget. Just so you know, the treasury doesn't have that much money to dish out.[/QUOTE] That was before the GOP became a bunch of terminally future-shocked retards. [editline]5th November 2010[/editline] [QUOTE=Mister_Jack;25865824]Way to be ignorant, you guys. "Oh, I hurd some guy on the internet say Republicans bad so that must mean they're going to destroy everything" I live in Huntsville, which is where the Space & Rocket Center is located, and believe me you there was a shitstorm like no other when 'Obama' cut funding to NASA. A lot of people where I live lost their jobs. Republicans will [I]not [/I]try to cut NASAs budget. Not Republicans from Alabama anyway. (Which we all know are the [I]true[/I] reps)[/QUOTE] Do you really think Obama cut NASA's budget? Sometimes I can't believe you people have Internet and are still that delusional. He increased NASA's budget and has set it to increase progressively over the next five or so years.

[QUOTE=Eudoxia;25871361]Do you really think Obama cut NASA's budget?[/QUOTE] Yes, yes he did. [URL]http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/02/01/obamas-nasa-budget-so-long-moon-missions-hello-private-spaceflight/[/URL] He says we can do just fine on Russian Soyuz spacecraft, which have killed almost as many people as the Corvair.

I wish the American government valued technology as much as NASA does. If I was a totalitarian dictator that would be my main focus and nothing else aside from money for funding.