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That's, of course, concept art.

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Headliner

Not surprised. Out of the millions of planets in the universe there's definitely others with life forms.

Next big breakthrough will be skyping with chicks from other planets.

Marcus13

Pointless, expensive ass research.

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R-Star

Feel free to elaborate.

Maybe the US should spend it on more guns and missiles.

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Marcus13

Of course I don't believe that, but Im sure rather that looking for planets 12 lightyears away isn't the best use of billions of dollars when we have all this apparent debt that everyone is so worried about.

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Geaux Tigers

NASA's budget is a small part of US spending, around 1% if I recall correctly...probably as high as 2% or 3% during the space race. NASA and other space funding is a far more responsible, and meaningful use of tax dollars than so much of the bullshit that comprises where your tax money goes. I wont even list the technologies that have come from space exploration, that you use every single day...and apparently take for granted. Finding life, even a single celled organism, one any other planet, would be the greatest discovery thus far in human achievement. Any human being who wouldn't be completely cheering for this is beyond my comprehension. Think of all the ramifications this would have on science and technology, religion/faith, future human survival (especially as we destroy our own planet and exponentially populate) Right after helping ensure the survival and fair treatment of humans on this planet, I can see no better use of spending than on space exploration and understanding the who and what of the universe.

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R-Star

With population skyrocketing every year, and fresh water and all other resources slowly running out, looking for the possibility of other habitable planets needs to be a priority.


Way too many people have the "**** it, let the next generation figure it out." stance that you're showing here.

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Diable

NASA's budget is around 17 billion...we spend 388 million on military bands.

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ChrisWoj

Agree completely with R-Star. Seriously - one day we're going to have to look beyond Earth. We're going to have to develop the technology to inhabit other planets, and travel between the stars. Step one on any journey of this kind is to figure out where the hell you want to go - so you understand what sort of technology you need to get there. We could be hundreds of years away from travel to someplace like that, but it'll be nice to know where we SHOULD go when the time comes. The relatively tiny portion of our national budget that goes to this is worth it.

Additionally - your (Marcus) post had really no bearing on this thread as it is. That was a study done by UC-Santa Cruz, not by NASA. A vast portion of this research is being done by astronomers that are only affiliated with NASA insomuch that their data is shared.

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