Obama/McCain and space exploration

cheerfulgreek · #1 10-23-2008, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by VAgirl18

Why spend billions to go into space when there are thousands of homeless people on the streets and millions without healthcare?

I asked the same question when Bush sent troops to Iraq to fight a war over nothing. At least with exploring Mars we would be accomplishing something.

VAgirl18 · #2 10-23-2008, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I asked the same question when Bush sent troops to Iraq to fight a war over nothing. At least with exploring Mars we would be accomplishing something.

Your logic is faulty. Yes, Bush made a mistake, but why follow up with another costly one?

CrackerBarrel · #3 10-23-2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

I asked the same question when Bush sent troops to Iraq to fight a war over nothing. At least with exploring Mars we would be accomplishing something.

It's a matter of priorities. Even if there was no WMD/Al Qaeda in Iraq I consider deposing a murderous dictator and putting a democracy which, though while it took a lot of work, now seems to be working in it's place something much more worth doing than flying to Mars just for the hell of it.

cheerfulgreek · #4 10-24-2008, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

It's a matter of priorities. Even if there was no WMD/Al Qaeda in Iraq I consider deposing a murderous dictator and putting a democracy which, though while it took a lot of work, now seems to be working in it's place something much more worth doing than flying to Mars just for the hell of it.

A mission to Mars wouldn't just be done just be for the hell of it. Plus, since Saddam has been gone, it's actually gotten worse over there, I mean at least with the terrorist it has.