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Actual Costs for the Space Station

Cujo writes "This article in space.com discusses what the actual costs of the space station have been since it was first proposed by President Reagan in 1984. Depending on how you account for the cost of shuttle launches, the number is well over $40 billion in the U.S. alone. It begs the question of what else could have been done with the same money and far superior management."

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  1. And .... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Pee with the Forrest Newmans!

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    Come on everybody .... sing along, ok!

  2. Correct usage of "beg the question"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I am just curious, i do not care much, but i am wondering: is the usage of "begs the question" in the article header correct, gramatically/in terms of definition or whatever? Are there any grammar stalinists about?

  3. As a comparison... by michael · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The Bush tax cut will cut the U.S. Treasury's revenue this year by about $15 billion, just for the top 1% of the U.S. population. Next year, those same 1% will take home an extra $26 billion (and it keeps going up: the cut is back-loaded from 2001-2010. By 2010 it's worth $121 billion per year to the top 1%.).

    So if the richest people in the U.S. hadn't had their taxes cut for 2002 and 2003, we could build another space station. :)

  4. Easy, multilingual, open source by MagicFab · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Hi,

    In spite of all the talk about how hard using GnnuPG is, I have always managed to train our customers in 30 minutes to 2hrs time to use it for basic encryption/decryption/signing of information. The installation was the most difficult part and thanks to people like Gustavo Valconcelos, it's getting easier by the day

    Now, I DID buy PGP 7.1.1 at promo price. I had a support issue last monday and I've been waiting since then.

    Meanwhile, everyone can download and freely use both commercially and personally WinPT+GnuPG from several mirrors, of which I offered my personal space, here.

    It'll be interesting to see how this develops, particularly in the other languages, of which GnuPG + WinPT already support many.

    Cheers,

    F.

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    Notepad specialist & FAT administrator, group training available
  5. Re:Correct usage of "beg the questio GOATSE LINK!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Mod parent down, it's a picture of that guy's bum again!!

  6. Re:NASA should benchmark other organizations, by oliverthered · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Christ, I've no clue what he's talking about either.

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    thank God the internet isn't a human right.
  7. Re:NASA should benchmark other organizations, by Compuser · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Fourteen? Unless you're not counting Jeshua.

  8. WOW!!! $40 BILLION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Imagine all the beanie babies I could buy with that!

    1. Re:WOW!!! $40 BILLION by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Imagine a Beowulf Cluster with $40 Billion invested into it!