Re: Back to the moon? When?


"Erich Kohl" <ekohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi everyone,

First and foremost, let me just say that I do believe that the United
States was actually on the moon.

However, I am in a debate with someone who wants to know why it's
taking us (or anyone else for that matter) so long to go back there.
After all, if it was done once before with 1960's technology and
know-how, what's causing the delay in the expedition this time?

Take a look at NASA's funding:

http://www.richardb.us/nasa.html#graph

As a % of total federal expendatures, the high was 5.5% in 1966. In 1999 it
was only 0.8%. I don't have the data handy for 2000 and beyond, but it
certainly hasn't increased drasticly, which is what you'd need to get back
to the levels during Apollo development.

No bucks, no Buck Rogers.

Jeff
--
"When transportation is cheap, frequent, reliable, and flexible,
everything else becomes easier."
- Jon Goff


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