I am old enough (barely) to recall that adults were always criticizing the cost of the space program because that money could be better spent on human needs here.
What a difference a few decades make.
Shows the complete idiocy of that argument. Especially when you consider that the average welfare recipient has a higher standard of living than nineteenth century royalty.
When I pointed out that a SINGLE year of ADC (now SNAP) cost more than the TEN years of the Apollo program to an old fashioned liberal, he was a deer in the headlights for a few seconds, and then stormed off with a "don't say things like that" mumble-grumble. Yet another example of how liberals simply can't deal with factual information.