[Oceander]

And you ought to think about the differences in the governments before you try and make facile comparisons that I had, in fact, already discounted.

Speaking of which, this is rather unsporting - why should government be obligated to fund spaceflight, but not healthcare, using tax monies?

[LastNorwegian]

Because spaceflight is vital for your national security for starters.

[cripplecreek]

Damn, it doesn’t take much to send some folks off on liberal rants.