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To: taxed2death
Sending a human to Mars is a waste of tax payer money.

No it isn't. Most of the money stays on the ground in the form of jobs. A tiny percentage is actually launched into space.

I for one would rather spend money on a massive public works project of this kind -- which pays engineers salaries than say paying people not to grow crops.

47 posted on 01/19/2004 4:55:12 PM PST by MrsEmmaPeel
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To: MrsEmmaPeel
" No it isn't. Most of the money stays on the ground in the form of jobs"

A pertinent fact lost on the naysayers.They apparently think we just fill rockets with money and launch them into the atmosphere.
53 posted on 01/19/2004 5:36:54 PM PST by Wild Irish Rogue
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To: MrsEmmaPeel; orionblamblam
Don't sweat it, folks. Just remember that cynics know the price of everything and the value of nothing.


54 posted on 01/19/2004 5:40:45 PM PST by rdb3 (If Jesse Jack$on and I meet, face to face, it's gonna be a misunderstanding...)
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