Quote Originally Posted by HoreTore View Post
First you say that the shuttle program is bad because it's "shooting another moon rocket".

You then say that you favour research on launching satellites.


You honestly don't see the contradiction in supporting one over the other, seeing as they are the exact same thing?
I'm saying that if the project would have focused on Sattelite lauching it would have made more sense and more uses than the focus being on manned spaceflight. Especially to the moon. Satellite project that map for example deforestation and desertification have more use than someone planting a man on the moon. That doesn't mean it should have been the priority though. The LHC is one I can stand behind more than both afore mentioned ones. But I think there could have been many focal points for great government funded research projects that could have paid of more, been more in line with what we need and would have been more constructive to our future. Especially those deluded that we need to be able to escape this earth as fast as possible is a joke.