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Post by lamarpye » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 2:11 AM UTC

martin_a wrote: post #13

devereaux wrote: post #9

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_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.

I don´t need to be either of that to see that a country should have an aspiration to provide a certain standard of living (water that is safe to drink, basic health care and lots alike) for everybody before landing things on the moon. But India has a deeply fucked up society which gives a shit about people from "the bottom" of that society, so I am not really wondered that they do some publicity stunt instead of gett…

It seems like the cost of this program is a rounding error in India's budget. Getting rid of it won't give the poor water to drink.

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Post by tigershark » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 2:32 AM UTC

lamarpye wrote: post #20

tigershark wrote: post #17

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You can say that it's practically free given how much US spend for a non-free healthcare vs how much countries with universal healthcare spend.

It helps when another nation pays for your defense, frees up money for other things.

I can't understand your comment. Regardless of military expenses a lot of countries with universal healthcare spend less per capita than US where is not universal. Can you please explain me how military expenses affect the amount of money spent in healthcare?

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Post by TrueGeek » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 3:07 AM UTC

w-ll wrote: post #15

whack wrote: post #10

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?

Andy Weir (author of The Martian) has a new book coming out that explores tourism to the moon. He has done a ton of research on the topic, definitely worth checking out. He was recently on StarTalk Radio [1] give it a listen 1. https://www.startalkradio.net/tag/andy-weir/

It just came out and is a great read. He goes into the issues of tourism, industry, and which countries will be driving efforts on the moon.

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Post by baddox » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 3:18 AM UTC

TrueGeek wrote: post #23

w-ll wrote: post #15

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Andy Weir (author of The Martian) has a new book coming out that explores tourism to the moon. He has done a ton of research on the topic, definitely worth checking out. He was recently on StarTalk Radio [1] give it a listen 1. https://www.startalkradio.net/tag/andy-weir/

It just came out and is a great read. He goes into the issues of tourism, industry, and which countries will be driving efforts on the moon.

In the book, is the tourism is driven primarily by the inherent novelty and wonder of being on the moon, seeing Earth, experiencing the weaker gravity, etc., or is the draw primarily based on facilities that have been built there, like casinos, resorts, amusement parks, etc.?

My guess is that you would need to have a lot of the latter, because while the former would be undoubtedly cool, I’m afraid the novelty would wear off quickly if the living and entertainment facilities themselves were anything less than spectacular.

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Post by mr_tickles » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 3:23 AM UTC

northwest66 wrote: post #6

martin_a wrote: post #2

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.

The US doesn't even have a basic supply of fresh water to all.

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Post by 35bge57dtjku » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 3:26 AM UTC

adventured wrote: post #8

northwest66 wrote: post #6

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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 univers…

It seems like a specious claim that they're struggling to afford it, when so many do manage to afford it.

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Post by languageiunvs » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 3:54 AM UTC

martin_a wrote: post #2

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

Flint calling

Vets on street calling

Blacks in ghettos calling

Unemployed blacks calling

You sound like Chelsea "million dollars beginning salary" Clinton, blaming sanders about shutting Obama care

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Post by ksk » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 3:58 AM UTC

martin_a wrote: post #2

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

Thanks for looking out for India. I'm sure they appreciate that. You make a good point, all of us should get our own country fixed. Hopefully you're doing something about yours too..

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Post by rishav_sharan » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 4:10 AM UTC

martin_a wrote: post #2

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

Clearly by that rationale, because of Flint NASA should scrap all its programs

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Post by abecedarius » Sun, Dec 03, 2017, 4:15 AM UTC

whack wrote: post #10

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?

If you want to build anything really big in space, lunar materials would be much cheaper to put there than materials from Earth. Asteroids might beat them both out, though.