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2012 US Presidential Election
vicious796:
--- Quote from: AceHigh on September 25, 2012, 11:39:50 AM ---I am all for space exploration and any other kind of research that will advance humanity as a whole.
However isn't it in America's spirit to let the private sector to push the USA forward? As a comparison with the dissolution of USSR, their space program became mothballed, but as a result the present day "roskosmos" developed a business model that allows space programmes to yield profit. Don't you think the same will happen to NASA where lack of funding from the government will force them to adapt an enterprise business model and thus allow them to function without tax payers money?
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Once again, a reason I supported the Obama plan after I really read about it. I firmly believe that the private sector does things faster and more efficiently than the federal government and Obama's plan pretty much sets the private sector in a prime position to reap the benefits of getting to the asteroid belt. On that end, Obama basically said "here's a bunch of tax breaks if you're a space exploration company aiming for the asteroid belt. Meet x, y, and z and you'll see a much lighter tax burden while still being able to cash in on whatever you find at the end of the rainbow."
Part of the problem, though, is the sheer prestige of working for NASA. That organization's reputation is well deserved in the scientific community and it's the only branch of government, aside from the CIA, that I firmly believe has the best and brightest working for it. There is no doubt in my mind that the greatest minds in the field work at NASA. That means the private industry is working with, in all honesty, second best.
AceHigh:
And thus privatising NASA and making it independent from the government budget... do you follow my train of thought?
vicious796:
--- Quote from: AceHigh on September 25, 2012, 01:43:48 PM ---And thus privatising NASA and making it independent from the government budget... do you follow my train of thought?
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I've never considered removing NASA from the fed...
It may come as a shocker from me, but I don't think I like the idea. It may make me sound more hippy than you're used to, but I honestly believe space exploration and advances in the sciences are something that should be shared among the people. We reap the benefits of it as a whole and we should pay the price together. As such, it's only natural that the fed have organizations like NASA to promote scientific advancement and, honestly, should be at the receiving end of some of the DoD's money.
Nikkoru:
Ah, so Romney/Ryan want to secure NASA as tool to promote a Cold War nationalist mentality, but without raising its expense, or doing anything truly beneficial? I kind of figured that.
I don't care about space tourism, which is all I see these private entities offering. We need an organization like NASA who're willing to do the expensive theoretical research to enable generations of private space development which isn't prohibitively expensive and actually has a purpose beyond novelty.
sdedalus83:
--- Quote from: Nikkoru on September 25, 2012, 03:02:33 PM ---I don't care about space tourism, which is all I see these private entities offering. We need and organization like NASA who're willing to do the expensive theoretical research to enable generations of private space development which isn't prohibitively expensive and actually has a purpose beyond novelty.
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Space tourism is a lot more pragmatic than you think. A bunch of rich people bankroll the beta tests on mass transit spacecraft while also funding the development of lower cost, higher efficiency launch systems.
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