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Space flight is an absolutely infinitesimaly small portion of the national budget. You are wasting your brain-cycles worrying about it.

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It's 1.4% of discretionary spending today. That's only the principal; another 10X+ is interest payments. Exploring beyond what we have explored so far (e.g. humans on Mars) would take it far higher.

Exactly, it is piss in an ocean.

Regardless, people like you are actually the reason I am thankful that SpaceX exists. It really doesn't matter to them what people like you think, thank FSM...

I support private space exploration, if they recompense the public for any damage they do (unlike, say, mining companies).

Do you really believe that spending trillions fighting for oil is somehow money better spent?? Do you have any clue how much the US blows away on airconditioning in Afghanistan?

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It sad that people still believe Space Colonization is so pointless.

> Do you really believe that spending trillions fighting for oil is somehow money better spent??

No, and I didn't imply that either.

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