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Elon Musk on state of U.S. space exploration: Being at Putin's mercy "not a good thing"
Published on Feb 3, 2014
SpaceX CEO and chief designer Elon Musk says that the U.S. must regain its ability to launch humans into space in order to effectively further its space exploration prospects. Currently, the U.S. must buy rides to space from the Russians on the Soyuz, to which Musk says, "Being at the mercy of Putin is not a good thing."
SpaceX CEO and chief designer Elon Musk says that the U.S. must regain its ability to launch humans into space in order to effectively further its space exploration prospects. Currently, the U.S. must buy rides to space from the Russians on the Soyuz, to which Musk says, "Being at the mercy of Putin is not a good thing."
via http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=32528.msg1156530#msg1156530
and http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/elon-musk-on-state-of-us-space-exploration-being-at-putins-mercy-not-a-good-thing/
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[font size=3]Among The Costs Of War: Billions A Year In A.C.?[/font]
by NPR Staff
June 25, 2011 4:17 PM
The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion, according to a former Pentagon official.
That's more than NASA's budget. It's more than BP has paid so far for damage from the Gulf oil spill. It's what the G-8 has pledged to help foster new democracies in Egypt and Tunisia.
"When you consider the cost to deliver the fuel to some of the most isolated places in the world — escorting, command and control, medevac support — when you throw all that infrastructure in, we're talking over $20 billion," Steven Anderson tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Rachel Martin. He's a retired brigadier general who served as chief logistician for Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq. He's now in the private sector, selling technologies branded as energy-efficient to the Defense Department.
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by NPR Staff
June 25, 2011 4:17 PM
The amount the U.S. military spends annually on air conditioning in Iraq and Afghanistan: $20.2 billion, according to a former Pentagon official.
That's more than NASA's budget. It's more than BP has paid so far for damage from the Gulf oil spill. It's what the G-8 has pledged to help foster new democracies in Egypt and Tunisia.
"When you consider the cost to deliver the fuel to some of the most isolated places in the world — escorting, command and control, medevac support — when you throw all that infrastructure in, we're talking over $20 billion," Steven Anderson tells weekends on All Things Considered guest host Rachel Martin. He's a retired brigadier general who served as chief logistician for Gen. David Petraeus in Iraq. He's now in the private sector, selling technologies branded as energy-efficient to the Defense Department.
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- What NASA needs are some poppy fields......
The debt and deficit!!!!!! We'll all DIE!!!! Besides that, if God had wanted us to come visit him, he'd have given us rocket motors for anuses! 
(Thinkin' "Righty here.
AND..... if we'd all just praise our lord, God - we'd all have a ticket outta here when the rapture happens! 
