Geez, well that’s good! I have actually had a pretty dark week, as I was informed nearly a week ago that my best friend (understatement) was found dead in his apartment. He was actually recently China virus positive and symptomatic, so I thought he may have been hospitalized and that was why I had trouble reaching him. Turns out, he died from unrelated and undisclosed causes.
Ricky, I am sorry to hear this. I lost a best friend about 7 years ago, tragically he took his own life. Not a day goes by that I don't think of him and while I can say it has gotten easier, the pain is still there and I often still have times I will cry about it a little to be honest.
And you are right, the special ones go too soon.
as of 2016 nasa has published over 2,000 spinoffs in the world of computer technology, environment and agriculture, health and medicine, public saffety, transportation, recreation and industrial productivity. i think of those 2,000 at least 2 have improved my life???
Yes. I was asking because I think that it is easy to underestimate the benefit of what we receive, when we have no actual knowledge of the benefit.
For instance, if I were to tell you that we are going to spend $400B to go to the moon, I can see that being a little uncalled for. That much money for a vacation for a couple guys is insane. But if I add up all that we learn from it, the tech that is developed, the understanding of the universe that helps us develop better tech, the resources we gain, the potential we build for the future, the competition we can avoid...then maybe I would be willing to spend even more than $400B. Most people saying it costs too much or whatever have no direct knowledge that their lives would be crazy different without NASA. We want to believe little green men came and gave us the tech that created all the progress over the last 70 years, but in reality it was humans trying to leave earth that did it.
We probably wouldn't even be talking on this forum without it.
Dont forget Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin....its no joke. He has Mars ambitions as well and holds an annual conference. He is stepping down as CEO of Amazon so I assume he is going to have a little more time to focus on this.
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I agree. I think THIS is really the reason he actually stepped down.
A few thoughts:
-@ HIT-I can’t answer your original question with specifics but yes obviously there are a lot.
-Advancements in technology from a “space agency” aren’t necessarily due to space exploration nor do they justify the dollar spend.
-The gov has a monopoly on information
-I think many would agree they have technology that isn’t released to the public
-convenience I would say would be the second most prevalent way people give up freedoms (think Alexa)
-please watch this video and try not to laugh at what billions upon billions of tax dollars have gotten us....some piss poor entertainment I guess?
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I don't necessarily disagree with a lot of your points TBH. I think you are only focused on one side of the equation thought - the cost. You haven't adequately determine the return on that cost because you don't know the specifics. That's my sole critique I think.
LOL.
Ah yes, the video is definitely true. I mean, it is definitely more logical to believe this video than any other source of information. Why ask an expert when I can ask get all the accurate info I need from a random on YouTube.
People wondered how an empire like Rome could have fallen so far. I find it pretty believable considering some 15 year old managed to convince a ton of people that Q is real.
People are idiots
Haha, we agree on something! Huzzah!
People are idiots.
LIVE video from the International Space Station. Happening right now. No wires. No scam. No sh1t.
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Fake news. (Heavy sarcasm)
Lol. Funny. So we can make all this tech to pretend we are in space, but we cannot simply accelerate, via arcane explosion, into space and actually get there...ignoring the fact we can get planes ALMOST there without explosions
In a roundabout way, in other words, your critique shows the very ingenuity that your critique claims is lacking.
What it very clearly shows is mistakes by the actors and that cgi visual tech is used. Can’t your eyes see the physics clearly change and fail? Or are you too starry eyed to see? Of course if this happened 100% of the time then the lie would be easy for even the most hopeful trekkies to realize its all just a show, so yes these clips are outliers. Maybe they go to space and fake it too? Idk, but if you can see through your indoctrination it’s clearly fishy.
Trust me, I don’t fault anyone that puts their hope in space...we have all been programmed for thousands of hours at this point that it is real.
Haven't watched the videos yet to see what you are referencing, so I clearly lack education specific to this...but historically the claims I have seen of videos being faked due to movements and such are easily examined by the physics of low gravity (which are often misunderstood by the people making claims of fakery) and poor video quality, etc.
I have seen kits of videos, even with modern tech, that appear to show something that is inaccurate.
I almost asked but this is exactly why your are so passionate. The hoax was formed your mind when you were most impressionable as a child. I mean no disrespect
I think you are holding onto the idea of a hoax that ignores all plausible evidence and tries to cherry pick evidence to fit your narrative. It is unusually liberal of you TBH.
No disrespect!