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To: Moonman62

“You get what you pay for.”

Not always.

The Apollo mission cost roughly $25 billion.

For that, we got Tang and a bag of rocks.


27 posted on 01/01/2019 12:51:31 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

Apollo was canceled because it was so expensive.

Now we spend the entire 12 years of the Apollo program on welfare payments every 90 days. And that is even adjusting for inflation.

Shows just how bad things have gotten.


31 posted on 01/01/2019 1:04:29 PM PST by hopespringseternal
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

I don’t think you can even get Tang anymore. Is it still around?


35 posted on 01/01/2019 1:29:11 PM PST by xp38
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
The Apollo mission cost roughly $25 billion. For that, we got Tang and a bag of rocks.

BS. It was a series of missions, not one. Get it right. For the ignorant out there like you, we received a whole lot more than that. You obviously missed it all.

42 posted on 01/01/2019 1:55:49 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
“You get what you pay for.” Not always.
The Apollo mission cost roughly $25 billion.
For that, we got Tang and a bag of rocks.
We won't mention the huge leap in medical equipment nor the miniaturization of chips that now make computer that fit in your pocket and are unbelievably more powerful that any in those days. You'll notice that Tang was made in 1957 by General foods not NASA

General topic list:

Health and medicine
2.1 Infrared ear thermometers
2.2 Ventricular assist device
2.3 LASIK
2.4 Artificial limbs
2.5 Light-emitting diodes in medical therapies
2.6 Invisible braces
2.7 Scratch-resistant lenses
2.8 Space blanket
2.9 3D foods printing

Transportation
3.1 Aircraft anti-icing systems
3.2 Highway safety
3.3 Improved radial tires
3.4 Chemical detection

Public safety
4.1 Video enhancing and analysis systems
4.2 Landmine Removal
4.3 Fire-resistant reinforcement
4.4 Firefighting equipment
4.5 Shock Absorbers for buildings

Consumer, home, and recreation
5.1 Temper foam
5.2 Enriched baby food
5.3 Portable cordless vacuums
5.4 Freeze drying
5.5 Space age swimsuit
5.6 Digital image sensor
5.7 Air-scrubbers

Environmental and agricultural resources
6.1 Water purification
6.2 Solar Cells
6.3 Pollution remediation
6.4 Correcting for GPS signal errors
6.5 Water location

Computer technology
7.1 Structural analysis software
7.2 Remotely controlled ovens
7.3 NASA Visualization Explorer
7.4 OpenStack
7.5 Software catalog

Industrial productivity
8.1 Powdered lubricants
8.2 Improved mine safety
8.3 Food safety

AShort list

Another much longer list - see above list

52 posted on 01/01/2019 2:21:05 PM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion
The Apollo mission cost roughly $25 billion. For that, we got Tang and a bag of rocks.

Based on your own comments, the only rocks you got are in your head.

59 posted on 01/01/2019 2:40:47 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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