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Post by supermeerkat on Oct 20, 2009 14:50:11 GMT -4
An interesting look at the Apollo program from a different angle.
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Post by Bob B. on Oct 20, 2009 15:43:31 GMT -4
Adjusting for inflation and population growth, the entire Apollo program would cost today's average American household the equivalent of about $100 per year for thirteen years. Considering that the bottom 50% of wage earners pay only about 3% of our taxes, putting man on the moon was hardly an economic hardship for American's poor families.
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Post by echnaton on Oct 21, 2009 9:59:54 GMT -4
Adjusting for inflation and population growth, the entire Apollo program would cost today's average American household the equivalent of about $100 per year for thirteen years. Considering that the bottom 50% of wage earners pay only about 3% of our taxes, putting man on the moon was hardly an economic hardship for American's poor families. All quite true. But Gil Scott-Heron is a jazz musician that never lets reality get in the way of a good line.
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Post by Apollo Gnomon on Oct 21, 2009 10:46:13 GMT -4
The AIG bailout would fund NASA at current levels for 10 years.
The contractually-obligated bonuses paid to AIG executives would pay for less than 1/3 of a single shuttle launch.
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Post by gonetoplaid on Oct 24, 2009 0:06:45 GMT -4
We had an Apollo astronaut named Whitey?
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Post by LunarOrbit on Oct 24, 2009 10:23:14 GMT -4
Ed Whitey... but unfortunately he never got to walk on the moon so the video is inaccurate.
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Post by gonetoplaid on Oct 26, 2009 20:12:01 GMT -4
Ed Whitey... but unfortunately he never got to walk on the moon so the video is inaccurate. Hmm...so the video is a hoax since Whitey never landed on the moon.
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