Re: Google Cindy Sheehan (was: Re: Peace Mom)

On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 14:48:09 -0700, "pandora" <pandora@xxxxxxxx>
wrote:

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>"w.d.greene" <bil64@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> "Josh Hill" wrote:
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>> > Another way of looking at it, courtesy of another poster -- we could
>> > have sent a manned expedition to Mars for less than we've spent in
>> > Iraq. Which, IMO, would be /much/ more fun.
>>
>> FYI. Current total NASA annual budget the last time I checked was about
>> $16B.
>>
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>And maybe, just maybe, IF they had spent those billions that went to the war
>in Iraq on new shuttle technology instead, well, we'd have something to show
>for it, now wouldn't we?

Estimated cost of building the DC-Y single stage to take off vehicle
-- a reusable spaceship that would slash the cost of putting stuff in
orbit -- $6 billion.

Estimated cost of building the space elevator, which could slash the
cost of putting stuff in orbit even more -- $10 billion.

Estimated cost of developing the hardware for a Mars mission, $20
billion.

Estimated cost of each mission, $1-2 billion.

--
Josh

"You know I could run for governor but I'm basically
a media creation. I've never done anything. I've
worked for my dad. I worked in the oil business. But
that's not the kind of profile you have to have
to get elected to public office." - George W. Bush
.

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