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It`ll never get off of the ground... ;oD
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| But there's no competition now that President Obama has killed the US programme. |
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Bazza
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Hi johnhudson...
Exactly my point.
If the mighty US of A can`t afford it then nobody can.
If these believers in the supernatural moonlanding(s) of
tomorrowyear expect to do it for 500,000,000 USD then
I will eat my sweaty underpants.
(Watch this space, [a pun?]... :)
And just as an adjunct takes a look at this number and
it is REAL not imaginary...
http://zfacts.com/p/461.html
Staggering to say the least...
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nelz
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$500 million is the cost of a single shuttle mission. The USA can afford a moon mission, they just choose not to.
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Bazza
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Hi gn2...
He he... :D
Or some rusty old Vostoks... :D
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Bazza
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Hi gn2...
He he... :D
Or some rusty old Vostoks... :D
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nelz
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The entire cost of the 12 years of the space programme up to Apollo was about the same as a single year's cost of the Vietnam War at its height (excluding the human cost). Does anything really change?
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Rhakios
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| nelz wrote: | | The entire cost of the 12 years of the space programme up to Apollo was about the same as a single year's cost of the Vietnam War at its height (excluding the human cost). Does anything really change? |
Nope, UK contribution to Jason3 satellite (recently agreed as our full share) £9m over 9 years. Cost of war in Afghanistan up to July 2009 ~£12bn.
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