Seeing the NASA ask for a permanent moon base at $20B while the pentagon is looking for $200B really puts it into perspective. You’re telling me it’s going to cost 10x as much to wage war on Iran as it is to build a moon base? Wtf are we doing.
If you think NASA will be able to build a moon base for $20B, I've got a bridge to sell you.
Oh yes absolutely it will cost more than $20B. But that’s an order of magnitude difference. If NASA has price overruns by 9x it’s still cheaper. That’s why it’s so stark.
NASA didn't go to moon for the love of science and because it was cool. They went there because Sputnik was an ICBM with a radio for a payload instead of a warhead.
didn't know that Neal Degrasse Tyson was also on HN.