In 1960, we had a long, long way to go to the moon because no one had ever done such a thing. And we did it in nine years (8.5 from the commitment to do so.) The Chinese stand a good chance of beating us back there.
The internet is a fantastic resource, use it and you can become less ignorant.
Ah, so you give me implicit permission to assume that it isn't an applicable example.
How many trillions in worth disappeared with 2000-2002 market downturn?
There is speculation and then there is speculation. The conventional wisdom for investing is sometimes wrong, but it is blatantly obvious to anyone with a clue that manned space is a long way from providing any kind of positive return.
Just Eisenhower's admiration for Hitler's centrally planned, controlled, and implemented highway system applied to America.
Yes, we should have gone with a network of locally funded dirt roads to avoid the taint of Hitler and central planning.
You're a central planning statist at heart,
Whose getting entertaining now? LP meeting run out of weed and make you cranky? Just remember, you went ad hominem first.
Next year the Republican president and Republican Congress intend to spend ~477 BILLION dollars we don't have. You dream about making that stack higher.
$477 billion dollars and you choose to vent your spleen over $200 million? I would be a Libertarian if you people could pick your battles with more intelligence than the average housefly beating its brain against a window.
Dropping two men in a tiny lander is a far cry from building a moon base. Staying requires lots of support. You know this, right?
Ah, so you give me implicit permission to assume that it isn't an applicable example.
No, I just explained you can find the answers to those questions and whatever others you might have about the GNR within seconds using Google. If you were two year old I would entertain these useless questions with more patience. I'm assuming you're an adult, and can correct your own ignorance without me holding your hand.
There is speculation and then there is speculation. The conventional wisdom for investing is sometimes wrong,
But markets can correct, and do so infinitely faster than government bureaucracies.
but it is blatantly obvious to anyone with a clue that manned space is a long way from providing any kind of positive return.
Hence, you admit it's a waste of resources.
Yes, we should have gone with a network of locally funded dirt roads to avoid the taint of Hitler and central planning.
So little imagination. Why am I not suprised?
Just remember, you went ad hominem first.
How is it an ad hominem? You've spent this entire thread extolling the virtues of state central planning for the U.S. economy.
$477 billion dollars and you choose to vent your spleen over $200 million?
$200 million dollars is REAL money, you jackass (that's an ad hominem!), and nowhere near what it would cost to establish a U.S. moon fort. That's money someone can save for their retirement, use for their own health insurance, or to buy their daughter a pair of shoes. It's not yours to fulfill fantasies of going to the moon to thwart chinamen who aren't there!
I would be a Libertarian if you people could pick your battles with more intelligence than the average housefly beating its brain against a window.
I'm not a Libertarian, but I'd be a card carrying Republican if they were honest about reducing government. If the last 3 years have demonstrated anything, it's that they'll spend other people's money and freely and happily as the Democrats. It's enough to make one crave divided government.