Re: The Phoenix has landed!

Mark Isaak wrote:

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Good grief! Learn some economics, especially the bits about "public
goods." Exploring Mars is a public good. If you don't agree with that,
tough. You're still part of the public which *does* agree with it. If
you want to stop paying taxes for such public goods, go join a different
public.

A public good with much less value than is spent by NASA. If you want to talk about government funded lighthouses, maybe you can make a case for that. Or even government funded airports and air control systems of which we all derive some benefit. But rocketships to Mars? Be reasonable!

Bob Kolker



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