This SO Sad....

Sad? I rather agree with you, when we consider that regardless of the achievements of getting into space, the countless billions which have been poured into a project, whilst in America the slum (and mostly black slum) conditions have been, or should have been, an embarrassment, then the achievements in the face of such neglect, should be a similar embarrassment.

I don't mean to be a kill-joy, but I fail to see how our lives have been advanced after the first man in space.

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
Sad? I rather agree with you, when we consider that regardless of the achievements of getting into space, the countless billions which have been poured into a project, whilst in America the slum (and mostly black slum) conditions have been, or should have been, an embarrassment, then the achievements in the face of such neglect, should be a similar embarrassment.
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Of course, the same could be said in relation to the money spent on the Iraq war, for instance. Imagine what could be done with all those countless billions if they had been spent on alleviating world hunger, providing clean water, or even 'selfishly' on infrastructure projects at home.

I don't mean to be a kill-joy, but I fail to see how our lives have been advanced after the first man in space.
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Straight from the horse's mouth...

http://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2008/tech_benefits.html

and then there are plenty of other sites, e.g.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...t-leaps-how-nasa-rocked-our-world-879377.html

(Interestingly, two famous 'spinoffs' - teflon and velcro - actually aren't.)
 
Armstrong’s family have announced it was Neil’s wish to have his ashes scattered at the place where he made history. “I don’t even think we still have that set,” a spokesman from MGM studios said.
 
Sorry for Posting...
Think it's just Me getting Worked up about Next Sun and it Made Me Cry so I thoght I'd Share...
Wasn't Expecting This amount of negatives though I must admit...
 
Centauress said:
Sorry for Posting...
Think it's just Me getting Worked up about Next Sun and it Made Me Cry so I thoght I'd Share...
Wasn't Expecting This amount of negatives though I must admit...
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You've sparked a debate. Not a bad thing. ;)

Can I ask why you capitalize random words though?
 
Welsh said:
Armstrong’s family have announced it was Neil’s wish to have his ashes scattered at the place where he made history. “I don’t even think we still have that set,” a spokesman from MGM studios said.
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Well, it made me laugh anyway. :D

I do think it's quite sad that we (humanity) can't get our act together enough to maintain an active, manned space programme with a view to ambitious goals like exploring Mars. But I am even sadder that we can't get our act together enough to look after what we have already here on Earth, including each other - so in that sense I have sympathy with Alec's point of view.
 
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But I am even sadder that we can't get our act together enough to look after what we have already here on Earth, including each other - so in that sense I have sympathy with Alec's point of view.~ quote

Absolutely agree with you
 
Centauress said:
:o Because I'm Dislexic and My Spelling SUCKS!!! :o
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Me too an some just think we are lazy or such. I get slung out and quartered for my spelling and punctuation and use of sentences. Some here think they are the spelling police.:)

I could not care less if some SPO feel they need to correct every one of us D people's threads. They need to get a life, not referring to you meandmyself .
 
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Leviathan said:
Me too an some just think we are lazy or such. I get slung out and quartered for my spelling and punctuation and use of sentences. Some here think they are the spelling police.:)
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I guess it's a convenient cover for those whose poor spelling is just down to laziness. I don't think sloppy English is a big enough deal to make me want to go around correcting people, but rightly or wrongly it does create an impression.
 
Welsh said:
Sorry :( ❤
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Well I think its quite sad actually. The fact that the USA achieved so much, and now the dream is over for Endeavour. I do believe man went to space, I can't think why this would have been made up otherwise, what is the point, just to say "we won the space race". No I don't think so.

Poignant and sad.
 
Alec Swan said:
I don't mean to be a kill-joy, but I fail to see how our lives have been advanced after the first man in space.

Alec.
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Well I can instantly think of quite a few from the obvious such as increased computing power, advances in communications, lighter composite materials to the less obvious such as medical research into how the human body reacts to stress etc.

Add to that the knock-on effects such as inspiring people to be engineers, scientists...........
 
NoseyPosey said:
Well I can instantly think of quite a few from the obvious such as increased computing power, advances in communications, lighter composite materials to the less obvious such as medical research into how the human body reacts to stress etc.

Add to that the knock-on effects such as inspiring people to be engineers, scientists...........
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I'd agree, except that all of the admirable achievements which you've listed, were achievable without going in to space.

The countless billions which have been spent (I prefer waisted) on space exploration and war, could have made the world a better and safer place.

Alec.
 
Alec Swan said:
I'd agree, except that all of the admirable achievements which you've listed, were achievable without going in to space.

The countless billions which have been spent (I prefer waisted) on space exploration and war, could have made the world a better and safer place.

Alec.
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Space research/exploration gets about $18 billion in the US federal budget. Feels a bit like a drop in the ocean when they spend about £375 billion on health and about $700 billion on the military
 
Alec Swan said:
I'd agree, except that all of the admirable achievements which you've listed, were achievable without going in to space. The countless billions which have been spent (I prefer waisted) on space exploration and war, could have made the world a better and safer place.

Alec.
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Well that's not quite what you said Alec! How long would those advances have taken had we not gone into space? It's a sad fact but many advances are made as a result of war and only a fool will say that because of that war is desireable but to echo the phrase "Necessity is the mother of all invention", to do something, you've got to have the need or an extremely desireable want. Usually, the need will go hand in hand with the want but more often than not, discovery is accidental so a lot of advances are a knock-on effect of going into space (or war) - we didn't specifically go into space to discover them.
 
I am glad that it is going to be put in a position to be enjoyed by many, but the billions that have been spent going into the slums?
I have friends out there on disability, and basically their system is dire. They are basically not given enough to cover rent, medical bills (which may be subsadised, but are not fully covered) and food. Basically they are waiting for them to die.
Slums....it may be hard, but the hardest thing is for the people to escape the poverty and slum mentality. Some do, so it prooves that it is possible
 
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