I've become a bit cynical in relation to manned space flight development in the sense that in 13 years the USA spent in todays $$$ 145 billion on 6 successful lunar landings and for what.
36 years latter they are now just looking at going back why did they stop.
Cynical one wonders if the Apollo missions diverted a lot of attention away from the Vietnam war.
The US Govt has apparently now spent more than $3 trillion dollars on the Afghan and Iraq wars and for what.
More than was spent on the Vietnam war and not as much as was spent of WW2
I wonder what could have been achieved if this money had been diverted to space exploration
I've become cynical because as a lad of 15, I watched the Apollo missions and thought of the potential for the exploration and colonisation of our solar system and dreamed of the possibility of me going into space in my own lifetime.
Now as I've grown older I ponder the future of our race and why we continually waste huge amounts of money supporting industries that thrive on human conflict when as a girl recently said in a speech too the UN, we could do so much more to reduce the problems facing our own planet and those that live upon it.
I listened to that speech and new she was right even shed a tear but yet knew I was powerless too change the situation.
No I do support space exploration as I honestly believe it is our final frontier.
You're the man, no doubt. And I definitely know where your coming from with this cynicism thing. Only ... about that Avatar. I think maybe Mark might have a point.
