Quote Originally Posted by Moros View Post
Ah but there could be plenty of ambitious projects on and focus on our earth. Also the LHC for one I'm less against also because it actually learns us more than shooting another moon rocket (the LHC probably contributes more to possible eventual space travel and really usefull technology that actually could help us, for example in the field of Energy production). Launching Satellites and research on that does so as well. One of my main gripes also has to do with the other thread it was originally posted in, namely the heritage it was build on. (I didn't post it out of the blue...)
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?