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Old 02-17-2010, 12:43 AM   #45
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
Yea, pump money into NASA, who have failed to produce a launch vehicle more modern than 70's tech, have a tin can in the sky which produces no worthwhile results and...

...bluntly, you just picked a bad example.

(Civilian space exploration ++. NASA --, for reference)
Here are just a few NASA spinoffs I know they are wasteful, but I think you have both over simplified and denigrated NASA un-necessarily.

And 10 NASA Inventions you use every day

NASA Spinoff homepage

More NASA Spinoffs

I'm sure there is redundancy on these sites, but you get the idea. Of course I will be told how wrong I am etc. But nonetheless, you and I are reaping the benefits of the space program as you read these very words on your computer screen. Remember Invention breeds Invention. Just saying.
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