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Pointless. They could beam back a picture of God struggling with the childproof cap on a bottle of Mylanta - still pointless. Our money would be better spent reinventing the wheel.

So you'll be returning your computer, car, clothing, phones, television, medicines, etc.

They're all worthless by-products of science research.

[Jaysun]

So you'll be returning your computer, car, clothing, phones, television, medicines, etc.

They're all worthless by-products of science research.

We're talking about space exploration here right? I didn't mean to imply that I'm unappreciative of some of the peripheral benefits. Listen, I'm as grateful as the next guy for the daily miracles that are Tang, Velcro, and the foam mattresses now being sold on TV. But the often repeated fact is, if you spend billions and billions of dollars on any massive project you're bound to come up with some byproducts. If we're going to have the money confiscated from us anyway, why not use it to cure cancer and see if maybe space flight just happens to spin off from that breakthrough? What about that, Mr. Peabody?

We shouldn't confuse the scientific research that helped produce the items you mentioned with NASA. Computers, cars, clothing, phones, televisions, medicines, etc. all predate NASA.