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How To Beat Congress's Ban Of Humans On Mars

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the or-just-stop-spending-on-wars dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Earlier this year, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban humans on Mars at NASA: "Provided, That none of the funds under this heading shall be used for any research, development, or demonstration activities related exclusively to the human exploration of Mars." The bill is held up in Congress and the anti-Mars language may be taken out. But in case the Mars ban becomes law, the Space Review has a handy guide on how NASA can beat the ban and continue its research and development without breaking the law."

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  1. Every dollar spent on Mars... by Nova+Express · · Score: 5, Insightful
    ...is a dollar that can't be used to provide pork for John Murtha's district.

    Or defense contracts for companies owned by Nancy Pelosi's husband..

    Or billions in subsidies to Fortune 500 agribusiness companies.

    There can be no funding for frivolities like the human exploration of space when so many of the needs of the Permanent Bipartisan State of Porkistan remain unmet...

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    Lawrence Person (lawrencepersonh@gmailh.com (remove all "h"s to mail)

    http://www.lawrenceperson.com/

  2. Re:Could the headline have been more misleading? by Pantero+Blanco · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A culture of machismo where the first thing Spanish explorers did when they reached the New World was rape women and steal?

    Like the Aztecs did to the other tribes, but without the human sacrifice?

    A nation that tries to deal with its social problems completely before tackling expansion and technological progress will be destroyed by the nations that don't.