Please authenticate by going to "My account" → "Administration". 54:47 Have any black holes evaporated yet? Ridiculous arguments. Unless voters become more adamant about spaceflight, to the point of witholding votes over it, you wont see any real action. See interesting facts about NASA. Likewise, people in the US spend about $64 billion on illegal drugs, and $114.2 billion for health-related care of drug use. June 4, 2019. It might even start quite quickly, in a couple of years, when America looses independent access to space for its astronauts. NASA Budget Over The Years: Infographic by CashSherpa.com. $39 per month* It would seem to the laymen that the NASA is entirely obsessed with keeping a paltry dozen people in space to the exclusion of the other 300 million Americans actaully supporting them.

If that was the case tho, a massive investment towards COTS-D and a more ambitious moon program should have been the announcement we got with Bolden’s nomination. 00:00 Start We can afford to develop space for a pittance compared to what we spend doing frivilous things. Accessed October 27, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1022937/history-nasa-budget-1959-2020/, CSIS. NASA’s exploration spurs inventions that we use everyday, many which save lives and improve the quality of life. It spurs technological advancements that contribute to our everyday lives. It’s the time we live in.

2021 (proposed) $25.2 billion. Cool! 33:45 What will Starship land on? Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Today-Ultimate-Viewing-Cosmos/dp/1624145442/, https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/universe-today-guide-to-space-audio/id794058155?mt=2, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbJ42wpShvmkjd428BcHcCEVWOjv7cJ1G, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0-KklSGlCiJDwOPdR2EUcg/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUHI67dh9jEO2rvK–MdCSg, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEItkORQYd4Wf0TpgYI_1fw, Episode 691: Interview: Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute, Episode 690: The Opposition of Mars with Ralph Crewe, Episode 689: Open Space 90: Could We Drill for Life on Mars? Vasco da Gama found the maritime path to India he was after (starting the decandence of the islamic civilization in the process, by killing its monopoly on spice trade), and Magellan, despite having been killed before the end of his journey did find a passage to the Pacific which opened way to his aim of circumnavigating the planet. Statista. More stories at: https://www.universetoday.com/ The proposed budget for FY 2010 would raise it to about $18.7 billion. The standard cosmology wouldn’t be possible without Hubble (well) and WMAP, so NASA is responsible for answering questions that humanity have asked for millenniums (how did the universe develop, how does it look now, how will it develop). The most often-used argument against space exploration is that we should use that money to alleviate problems here on Earth. President Donald Trump wants to raise NASA's budget to $25.2 billion for the fiscal year beginning in October, an increase of 12% over the current year's funding. rev. I heard that American women spent more on cosmetics than the US spent on the Apollo Program. Please contact us to get started with full access to dossiers, forecasts, studies and international data. Yes, you can “tell people to stop gambling” by increasing taxes (for space) – less money for gambling then.