Do you think we should increase funding for NASA?

[Jake White]

We could do both at the same time...

the human race doesn't seem to multitask well

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[GhostStar]

i don't think we should fund NASA, they spent 19 million dollars on a toilet i could have built for free

[Isolation]

Holy god no. I'm going to spare you all the massive explanation and paragraph and hope you can work it out for yourselves. Can you imagine if the American Military or Government got their hands on Orbital Bombardment technology? Or a technology that is completely out of reach for any other nation on Earth? You probably think NASA would only increase the amount of robots on Mars and put a man there in less time than already planned. Nope, there's a reason America has a military budget three times larger than the entire world's put together.

Increased funding for space exploration would be great ONLY if the entire planet put together some kind of coalition space agency and every state and country of Earth progressed at the same median rate as opposed to one single nation having too much power. Once again, there's a reason there are massive universal laws upon who can actually claim ownership of the moon and other celestial out-with earth objects.

The same awful scenario occurred when America was the only nation to have the atomic bomb in its possession. If the national socialist Regime was still in full swing by that time, it would have ended the entirety of WW2 - there's no question about it. Thank god Russia got its arse in gear and begun development of the same calibur.

Sorry to burst your bubble guys; humans are ass holes and there's no doubt that the technology that increased funding to NASA would open up new technologies that could be abused.

[Gojira]

Holy god no. I'm going to spare you all the massive explanation and paragraph and hope you can work it out for yourselves. Can you imagine if the American Military or Government got their hands on Orbital Bombardment technology? Or a technology that is completely out of reach for any other nation on Earth? You probably think NASA would only increase the amount of robots on Mars and put a man there in less time than already planned. Nope, there's a reason America has a military budget three times larger than the entire world's put together.

Increased funding for space exploration would be great ONLY if the entire planet put together some kind of coalition space agency and every state and country of Earth progressed at the same median rate as opposed to one single nation having too much power. Once again, there's a reason there are massive universal laws upon who can actually claim ownership of the moon and other celestial out-with earth objects.

The same awful scenario occurred when America was the only nation to have the atomic bomb in its possession. If the national socialist Regime was still in full swing by that time, it would have ended the entirety of WW2 - there's no question about it. Thank god Russia got its arse in gear and begun development of the same calibur.

Sorry to burst your bubble guys; humans are ass holes and there's no doubt that the technology that increased funding to NASA would open up new technologies that could be abused.

this is not what would happen
besides
why are you concerned about space weaponry
i'm fairly certain that was outlawed and space was declared peaceful territory or something
if we cut the military budget down to three quarters of what it was and gave the remaining 25% to nasa we'd have people on mars within the decade

tl;dr increasing the space budget would not be so horrible as you make it out to be

[RaR]

so you're saying that we can't colonize mars because america might bomb someone

you realize we already have ICBMs, nuclear submarines, stealth bombers, etc.? we already have the capability of blowing each other up? we could very easily put a bunch of nukes on a satellite and drop them on russia? NASA isn't responsible for this stuff.

like do you actually believe what you're saying right now?

[GhostStar]

so you're saying that we can't colonize mars because america might bomb someone

no

[Jake White]

so you're saying that we can't colonize mars because america might bomb someone

I lol'd

[Mysteroo]

I love astronomy and space science, I even wanted to be an astronaut for several years when I was younger. But honestly I think it would be a terrible idea to give more money to NASA for it. America is already broke, a 16 trillion dollar debt is not something you can just ignore without consequences. And as cool as going to space and the moon is, I think it would have been far more practical to finish exploring the earth before we started exploring space- namely the ocean.

Finds like the giant squid and the Megamouth shark are plenty proof that there is still lots to discover in the ocean. And it seems ridiculous that we can spend thousands of dollars to go all the way to the moon where there's little else except for dust, but we haven't even been able to go deep into the ocean for more than a few hours at a time. And since ocean life directly affects the food cycle and life on earth, it seems like it would do a lot more good to explore that.

[Isolation]

It's sad how many of you are misinformed. The United States Military bombed and killed thousands of innocent people at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They don't give forgets about bombing someone else. The only thing stopping them is being bombed back, and for you Americans - they couldn't give two forgets if the American people were bombed. They care about their government and infrastructure It would cost too much to actually be bombed and a large percentage of their military capability would be gone.

Now imagine an American weapon in space, untouchable by any other nation. America has full control as well as the most powerful military on Earth. Checkmate.

Although funnily enough America colonizing Mars would probably give them motive to bomb someone because for forgets sake they're on Mars and untouchable. Even if these are unrealistic scenarios and you think it's stupid and they're improbable. It's still a standing fact that any nation that has power that would make them pretty much immortal is a very, very bad thing.

Also, give me a source for that 'law' of yours that prohibits any space weaponry.

[Linkusofepica]

Also, give me a source for that 'law' of yours that prohibits any space weaponry.

The only law related to weapons in space involves nuclear weapons.

[GhostStar]

It's sad how many of you are misinformed. The United States Military bombed and killed thousands of innocent people at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. They don't give forgets about bombing someone else. The only thing stopping them is being bombed back, and for you Americans - they couldn't give two forgets if the American people were bombed. They care about their government and infrastructure It would cost too much to actually be bombed and a large percentage of their military capability would be gone.

Now imagine an American weapon in space, untouchable by any other nation. America has full control as well as the most powerful military on Earth. Checkmate.

Although funnily enough America colonizing Mars would probably give them motive to bomb someone because for forgets sake they're on Mars and untouchable. Even if these are unrealistic scenarios and you think it's stupid and they're improbable. It's still a standing fact that any nation that has power that would make them pretty much immortal is a very, very bad thing.

Also, give me a source for that 'law' of yours that prohibits any space weaponry.

spoken like a true badass

[Snow2]

[ultimamax]

I think we should worry about the stuff happening on Earth rather than spending money to find out what's going on beyond it at this moment.

I love astronomy and space science, I even wanted to be an astronaut for several years when I was younger. But honestly I think it would be a terrible idea to give more money to NASA for it. America is already broke, a 16 trillion dollar debt is not something you can just ignore without consequences. And as cool as going to space and the moon is, I think it would have been far more practical to finish exploring the earth before we started exploring space- namely the ocean.

Finds like the giant squid and the Megamouth shark are plenty proof that there is still lots to discover in the ocean. And it seems ridiculous that we can spend thousands of dollars to go all the way to the moon where there's little else except for dust, but we haven't even been able to go deep into the ocean for more than a few hours at a time. And since ocean life directly affects the food cycle and life on earth, it seems like it would do a lot more good to explore that.

Like giving them a bit more cash is going to put America in a stufftier situation. It could easily be taken out of the military budget. Investing in NASA is an investment in the future; along with the technologies it creates, it inspires children to enter the fields that they're involved in.

[Doughboy]

yes you should increase funding for nasa.

[HellHound]

Space radiation is one of the big dangers of living in orbit. Low gees does bad things to your body too. You have to excercise every day to stop your body from turning into mush. Let's not get started on space mating.