Final mission bodes ill for Florida's Space Coast economy

[StinkFingerr]

Thank you Barack Obama, you stupid visionless mother fucker, for evicerating our space program. One more thing America has to thank you for. May you rot!

[realrockvince]

The entire space program needs to be sold to private companies. It's unconstitutional, a giant boondoggle, and a drain on the entire American economy.

[ziccy7]

@realrockvince I think 54% of the U.S. economy go to Nasa, oh my bad its actually the miltary.

[Uhmu45]

@ziccy7

Its 5-6% of gdp and thats round 20% of the federal budget.

[realrockvince]

@ziccy7 Incorrect. 20% goes to the military, 43% goes to socialized medicine and socialized retirement funds

Source: cbo.gov/ftpdocs/120xx/doc12039­/HistoricalTables%5B1%5D.pdf

[ziccy7]

@realrockvince only 46% is non military, Department of defence 18.74% ,department of veterans affairs 16.13%, department of homeland security 19.63%, this 54.5% is the pentagon budget. 8.19% to national aeronautics and space administartion. How do you think people will sustain without space development when we live on a finite planet? just wondering or are you the type that just says ill be dead by then not even thinking about you children

[realrockvince]

@ziccy7 This is my last post in this Youtube comment discussion. A brick wall would be more open to logic. You may get the last word in. For my complete argument against NASA, visit this page:

tinyurl (dot) com/3wd22fm

If you want just one article to read, check this one out: tinyurl (dot) com/42ycdru

If you want to learn basic economics, check out Economics in One Lesson, by Henry Hazlitt. You may download the entire 198 page book for free here: tinyurl (dot) com/5y65vp.

Thanks, take care.

[ziccy7]

@realrockvince goodbye

[Uhmu45]

@realrockvince

You do know how little money NASA gets right? The whole program repaid itself 10 fold by creating new technologies. You would not have a pc without NASA.

[realrockvince]

@Uhmu45 You made three statements in your reply - all are untrue.

[Uhmu45]

@realrockvince

Will you provide evidence that im wrong? NASA's budget for 2011 is 18 billion, ~0,60% of the federal budget. US lends a trillion dollar a year, thats ~50 NASA's. The technologies that have been developed with the space program have been very successful commercially and the constant investment in the 60's and 70's is what kept the microprocessor alive and developing.

[realrockvince]

@Uhmu45 Please read the comment I made a moment ago replying to ziccy7. That is the same reply I have for your last comment. Thanks.

[Uhmu45]

@realrockvince

Thats a great non-answer :P

[ziccy7]

@Uhmu45 goodbye

[JogBird]

what does he do the 360 days hes not driving the crawler?

[ziccy7]

@JogBird hot dog eating competitions

[pinboyjorf]

@JogBird eating well.

[lighttree2012]

lets stop fighting useless wars and then we can go to space meanwhile.....................­GO RUSSIA