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T O P I C R E V I E WspacemanAccording to a recent '60 minutes' TV programme 'A Bigger Leap for Mankind,' 15 cents per day per person is the cost of the U.S space program... money well spent! If we can persuade our government to commit the same we'll have astronauts onboard the ISS with our national flag in a year or two.More importantly it would serve to inspire in so many ways and bolster our scientific and technological communities - our future lies there with an ever decreasing manufacturing economy.Thanks,NickSpaceman www.spaceboosters.co.uk Delta7Heck, I'm in for 30 cents a day!SpaceCatFifteen cents per day gives a feel for inflation too, with NASA now getting 0.6% of the national budget. During the peak of Apollo, about seven cents per day put 4% of the national budget toward space.Of course the other variable would be the population increase in taxpayers between the 1960's and now- which would drive the inflation considerably higher.After all, the .05 cent candy bar from 1961 is now a dollar... and smaller!
If we can persuade our government to commit the same we'll have astronauts onboard the ISS with our national flag in a year or two.
More importantly it would serve to inspire in so many ways and bolster our scientific and technological communities - our future lies there with an ever decreasing manufacturing economy.
Thanks,NickSpaceman www.spaceboosters.co.uk
During the peak of Apollo, about seven cents per day put 4% of the national budget toward space.
Of course the other variable would be the population increase in taxpayers between the 1960's and now- which would drive the inflation considerably higher.
After all, the .05 cent candy bar from 1961 is now a dollar... and smaller!
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