Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

The Financial Future of Space Travel

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-one-way-tickets dept.

gurps_npc writes " This CNNMoney story discusses the financial future of space travel. In particular it gives some nice names and numbers, such as Bezos, Musk and 3554 Amun. 3554 Amun is an small metalic asteroid that crosses Earth's pass (not on collission course) and contains over 20 trillion US dollars worth of precious metal. It is a great fact to know when trying to explain to flat-earth types that don't understand why we waste money on space travel."

1 of 414 comments (clear)

  1. waste it on space travel rather than wars... by Lazy+Jones · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Compared to the amount of money you waste on invading and influencing poor countries around the world, the NASA budget is rather small.

    --
    "I love my job, but I hate talking to people like you" (Freddie Mercury)