When I get there, everybody says, “Congratulations! What does this mean?” I tell them it’s great, that we’re going to study Saturn and its moons. Matt Lauer wants to be hard-hitting, though, so he says, “But Dr. Tyson, this is a $3.3 billion mission. Given all the problems we have in the world today, how can you justify that expenditure?” So I say, “First of all, it’s $3.3 billion divided by 12. It’s a 12-year mission. Now we have the real number: less than $300 million per year. Hmmm. $300 million. Americans spend more than that per year on lip balm.” At that moment, the camera shook. You could hear the stage and lighting people giggle. Matt had no rebuttal; he just stuttered and said, “Over to you, Katie.” This, by the way, is EXACTLY WHY WE ARE LOSING THE RACE TO EUROPE, RUSSIA AND CHINA! Going into space should be priority one, yet we seem to be content to do nothing in this country and be happy about it because The right to be free is also the right to not be bothered. To Hel with that, and to Hel with anyone who says that NASA is a waste of taxpayer dollars.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 07:16:21 +0000
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