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Topic: Fifteen (15) cents per day per person
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spaceman
Member Posts: 1104
From: Walsall, West Midlands, UK
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 04-10-2008 04:17 PM
   
According 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,
Nick
Spaceman
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Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 04-10-2008 04:31 PM
Heck, I'm in for 30 cents a day! |
SpaceCat
Member Posts: 151
From: Florida, US
Registered: May 2006
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posted 04-13-2008 07:57 PM
Fifteen 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!  | |
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