Out of the Blue

[Jul 20, 2011, 10:14 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

The other day I mentioned the anniversary of the launch of Apollo 11, and on this day in 1969 the phrase "the eagle has landed" was immortalized as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to reach the moon. One small step for man…

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Re: Out of the Blue

Jul 21, 2011, 10:41

kanniballl

Capella wrote on Jul 20, 2011, 13:58:

What did Tyson say in that clip the other day, 5 or .5 cents on the dollar is what NASA cost tax payers? What we need is a new space race to spark interest again. Wonder what happens if another country starts planning a trip to Mars?

Lately it's been about ~0.6% of the federal budget, meaning 0.6-cents (or $0.006) of every dollar spent from the budget.

Since I believe we out-spend our income from taxes I'd say that's less that 0.5-cents for every dollar you spend on Federal taxes. So if you made $60,000 before taxes, then you probably contributed less than $130 to NASA.




"Space. It seems to go on and on forever. But then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you." -Fry, Futurama

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	1.	Jul 20, 10:19	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	2.	Jul 20, 11:17	What bugs me...	kanniballl
	3.	Jul 20, 11:35	Re: What bugs me...	MajorD
	4.	Jul 20, 11:44	Re: What bugs me...	kanniballl
	5.	Jul 20, 12:01	Re: What bugs me...	Cutter
	7.	Jul 20, 12:11	Re: What bugs me...	MajorD
	6.	Jul 20, 12:03	Re: What bugs me...	Max-Ray
	16.	Jul 20, 13:57	Re: What bugs me...	Yosemite Sam
	27.	Jul 21, 08:26	Re: What bugs me...	kanniballl
	8.	Jul 20, 12:15	Re: Out of the Blue	Creston
	9.	Jul 20, 12:28	Re: Out of the Blue	PHJF
	10.	Jul 20, 12:47	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	12.	Jul 20, 13:13	Re: Out of the Blue	MajorD
	11.	Jul 20, 13:10	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	13.	Jul 20, 13:18	Re: Out of the Blue	MajorD
	17.	Jul 20, 13:58	Re: Out of the Blue	Capella
>>	28.	Jul 21, 10:41	Re: Out of the Blue	kanniballl
	14.	Jul 20, 13:30	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	23.	Jul 20, 15:18	Re: Out of the Blue	Creston
	15.	Jul 20, 13:42	Re: Out of the Blue	Verno
	18.	Jul 20, 14:09	Re: Out of the Blue	space captain
	19.	Jul 20, 14:09	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	20.	Jul 20, 14:12	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	21.	Jul 20, 15:15	Re: Out of the Blue	Cutter
	22.	Jul 20, 15:17	Re: Out of the Blue	nin
	24.	Jul 20, 15:19	Re: Out of the Blue	Creston
	25.	Jul 20, 15:56	Re: Out of the Blue	Jim
	26.	Jul 20, 17:23	Re: Out of the Blue	Sir Graves
	29.	Jul 22, 08:38	Re: Out of the Blue	Mr. Tact
	30.	Jul 23, 11:20	Re: Out of the Blue	Dades
	31.	Jul 24, 01:02	Re: Out of the Blue	Mr. Tact