Do You Believe They Put A Man On The Moon?

[Stumpy]

Originally posted by Jay J. Foraker@Jul 18 2005, 04:35 PM
When you look at all the technological advances made in the past thirty or forty years, and then realize that at least 75 to 80% of them derive from the space program in some way or another, it becomes mind-boggling.
Cheers - Jay* :D

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What's really mind boggling is when I pay the extortion money each April 15th.

[Hondo Duke Lane]

I will concede that we have come a long way in technology and it has a lot to do with the space program. In my opinion, I think we could go much farther if the government stayed out. I see so much potential and we seem to stand still in so many ways.

We are still dependent on the automobile as our chief transportation for example. We've been using this mode of transportation for a hundred years, and yet we have computers that goes zillions and zillions times faster in the last 10 years. I know there are better ways and I think the government knows it too, but they won't do anything about it. And now we in America have seen gasoline prices increase over 4 times the amount in the last 20 years, for no good reason except for profit for someone.

This might be way off base. But having to spend anywhere from 30% to 60% of your income on transportation is ridiculous, when 20 years ago it was only 10%. You do the math. This is uncalled for, and I believe the government could solve this problem in a matter of minutes (alright let me say a few months). Especially if they leave us alone.

They have done a lot, but I contend we could do more.

Cheers B)