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India is preparing to land on moon for the first time in the country's history

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Re: India is preparing to land on moon for the first time in the country's history

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Maybe provide basic supply with fresh water for the whole country first. But yeah, whatever.

Pssst, I heard the last country to land people there laughable still hasn't even made it to the level of free health care for all! They still might, of course, it's not like any of these goals are mutually exclusive.

Re: India is preparing to land on moon for the first time in the country's history

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Maybe provide basic supply with fresh water for the whole country first. But yeah, whatever.

Pssst, I heard the last country to land people there laughable still hasn't even made it to the level of free health care for all! They still might, of course, it's not like any of these goals are mutually exclusive.

Free healthcare? That'd sure be amazing. Oh, you mean non-free healthcare provided by taxes, paid for by anyone earning an income and only actually free for anyone not earning an income.

Anyone not earning an income in the US gets 'free' healthcare and has for decades. It's anything but free, it's very expensive.

Just ask any developed nation with socialized healthcare just how free healthcare is, as they all universally struggle to afford it (which is why Canada's wait times are so atrocious despite being held up as a good system).

One can make a great argument for socialized healthcare without pretending it's free. Claiming it's free is just an absurdity, as it's extremely expensive.

Re: India is preparing to land on moon for the first time in the country's history

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Maybe provide basic supply with fresh water for the whole country first. But yeah, whatever.

_You_ may want that. However, _India_, as the biggest democracy in the world, chose to do a moon landing instead.

What makes you believe you know better about what is best? Unless you are an astrophysicist specialized in economic development (not sure that exists) odds are not in favor of your judgement being the correct one.

Re: India is preparing to land on moon for the first time in the country's history

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If space transportation costs were to fall dramatically, would there be any commercial value in traveling to the Moon, or building a base on the moon? The only one I can think of is Tourism. Are there any others, such as rare minerals perhaps?
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