Debunking the Trillion-Dollar Space Myth

Posted by simoniker on Monday March 22, 2004 @08:02AM from the pinky-raised-to-face dept.

jfoust writes "When the President and NASA announced the agency's new space initiative, including sending humans back to the Moon and on to Mars, many news reports claimed that the plan could cost as much as $1 trillion. According to this Space Review article, that trillion-dollar price tag is a myth: it was based on erroneous data and analysis, in large part by a single Associated Press reporter, and propagated by many other reporters too busy -- or too lazy -- to check on the facts. Could this kill the plan before it has a chance to start?"

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Re:Facts are seen as irrelevant.. by Enry · 2004-03-22 08:46 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Liberal media is a myth for the most part. Some reporters are liberal-leaning on social issues since they're highly educated, but since they make far more than the average family, they tend to lean further to the conservative on financial matters.

Read "What Liberal Media" for a good overview.