[Arioch7]

It is neccesary to the development of space travel. I am sure that there are people who said that there was nothing to gain by going to the moon. I would speculate that although technology came out of NASA that benefited the world, the actual act of going to the moon didn't give us anything CONCRETE and of value.

My question to you is so what? Must EVERYTHING have IMMEDIATE value to be important? You sound like one of those people that say "History sucks, what does it matter? It does not GIVE me anything!" ALL knowledge has value.

I would also like to add that without some sort of space travel, the Human race is most assuredly doomed. If it was up to me, I would have already been mining the moon and sending teams to Mars... to make a PROFIT!!!

On a final note, the thought that science is a waste of money is what drove Bill Clinton to cancel my beloved Super-Collider. You see, the benefit wasn't IMMEDIATELY obvious to the powers that be. That is a very short-term and rigid outlook. We could have been doing great things right now, IMHO.

[That Subliminal Kid]

I don't think history sucks. I think it has great, immediate value. Space travel doesn't. It's a waste of time and money and should not be financed with tax payer money.