[advertising guy]

the list is in the 100's. Many here are unaware or unconvinced is all.

[Fitzcarraldo]

I agree that NASA is a box where you turn the crank and spinoffs pop out. When the spinoffs have more value than NASA's manned space operations, is where you get into problems. It's possible to solve great technical problems and develop astounding new products without sending people to the moon.

If we're fortunate, some of those solutions could drop the cost of manned operations, as well as be beneficial to the human race in other areas.

My suggestion is do things in a different order, trying to save money by not doing something with old technology, and using that saved money to advanced technology that is non-specific to a given project.