What has going into space given us?

[warriorfan]

Nasa has spent 780 Billion dollars shooting metal into space. All we have to show for it is some pictures of outer space and some moonrocks...

America could of spent this money in much better ways that would be helpful for the people here on earth. They should be spending money towards programs focusing on how to save the planet rather than shooting rockets into space.

[BigNBAfan]

gave the US a flag on the moon.

[Patrick Chewing]

Star Trek
Star Wars
Battlestar Galactica
Superman
Alien(s)

[GIF REACTION]

OP watched a youtube video

[catch24]

Is this a troll question?

Just wondering before I attempt to write something serious here...

[andgar923]

Research has developed new technologies along with better understanding of our universe. Which we benefit today and will continue to benefit from.

[rezznor]

Nasa has spent 780 Billion dollars shooting metal into space. All we have to show for it is some pictures of outer space and some moonrocks...

America could of spent this money in much better ways that would be helpful for the people here on earth. They should be spending money towards programs focusing on how to save the planet rather than shooting rockets into space.
technology developed by nasa is used by us everyday....

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https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2008/tech_benefits.html

use google next time. I realise you are the resident village idiot of ISH but this thread wasn't needed.

[warriorfan]

https://spinoff.nasa.gov/Spinoff2008/tech_benefits.html

use google next time. I realise you are the resident village idiot of ISH but this thread wasn't needed.

Yeah, I'm the idiot but you are the one who doesn't realize that you can invent LED lights without shooting rockets into space. :facepalm

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Yeah, I'm the idiot but you are the one who doesn't realize that you can invent LED lights without shooting rockets into space. :facepalm
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but they didn't. funding and research from space led to those things. You really are ****ing dense aren't you? Your OP says all we have are moon rocks and photos which couldn't be further from the truth.

If people took your view we'd still be living without any modern technology, space exploration isn't knew it's a natural progression from exploring unknown continents, to Antarctic, to the amazon etc. Humans explore and a by product of that is technological advances to fill a need. If you can't see the future benefits of space exploration I don't think anyone here will be able to help you.

[Big_Dogg]

Nasa has spent 780 Billion dollars shooting metal into space. All we have to show for it is some pictures of outer space and some moonrocks...

America could of spent this money in much better ways that would be helpful for the people here on earth. They should be spending money towards programs focusing on how to save the planet rather than shooting rockets into space.

The USA has spent trillions on the Iraq and Afghan war, what has that got you?

Oh that's right, you got Osama :lol , money well spent :rolleyes:

[dubeta]

OP doesnt even pay taxes, he shouldnt be upset

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The USA has spent trillions on the Iraq and Afghan war, what has that got you?

Oh that's right, you got Osama :lol , money well spent :rolleyes:

historically wars have led to technical advances but just not when one side is so blatantly superior to the other. It's crazy looking at the armies and how they were equipped and how they tried to fight compared to how they ended up at the end of the war.

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OP doesnt even pay taxes, he shouldnt be upset
McDonalds employees are tax exempt?

[sammichoffate]

Memory-Foam Mattresses. /thread

[warriorfan]

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but they didn't. funding and research from space led to those things. You really are ****ing dense aren't you?

they could of been funding more useful projects and still "accidentally discover" those things on the way.

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they could of been funding more useful projects and still "accidentally discover" those things on the way.

it's not accidentally, they developed it to fill a need in space travel. We have always spent money exploring the world around us and space travel is no different.

[dubeta]

McDonalds employees are tax exempt?

:roll:

[warriorfan]

it's not accidentally, they developed it to fill a need in space travel. We have always spent money exploring the world around us and space travel is no different.

The first thing that nasa gave us on your linked list was... LED lights. So you are telling me, no one would of ever invented LED lights if it wasn't for us going into space... This is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard and I can't believe you honestly think this.

[outbreak]

The first thing that nasa gave us on your linked list was... LED lights. So you are telling me, no one would of ever invented LED lights if it wasn't for us going into space... This is one of the most ridiculous things I have ever heard and I can't believe you honestly think this.
I never said that, but you can't 100% say they would have invented them as they are again built on technology that also came from space exploration. It was you who said they were an accidental discovery, I'm just pointing out saying that is ****ing retarded. I'm convinced your just trolling now because no one can be as thick as you are being in this thread and still hold down a job flipping burgers.

[Styles p]

i love space and all that but how about using some of that funding to explore our deep seas that we don't know shit about on our own planet.

[bdreason]

I tend to agree that sending people into space at this point is a waste of resources. That money should be used to fund scientific studies instead, most specifically in physics.

You do realize that military and science programs like NASA are responsible a lot of inventions and discoveries. You probably wouldn't be making this forum thread, on a home computer, on the internet... if it wasn't for investments in these programs.

[plowking]

A lot of these space programs are in fact designed to help here on earth. Learn more about what made all of this, how it came to be, how sustainable everything is, what measures can be taken. A lot of that stuff is around you.

The universe is essentially a library of stuff we're trying to learn how to read and decipher.

[CasterL]

This is an awesome article (and site). Old musk seems to think it's pretty important and he's pretty smart.

http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/08/how-and-why-spacex-will-colonize-mars.html

[warriorfan]

i love space and all that but how about using some of that funding to explore our deep seas that we don't know shit about on our own planet.

exactly. since the 1970's over 50% of the oceans life has died. how about using the money to investigate that rather than taking pictures of outer space.

[iamgine]

exactly. since the 1970's over 50% of the oceans life has died. how about using the money to investigate that rather than taking pictures of outer space.
how about no.

[StephHamann]

inb4 someone mentions that ridiculous hoax commercial project from the durch Big Brother producers to fly to Mars
https://media.giphy.com/media/O5NyCibf93upy/giphy.gif

[bigkingsfan]

It gave us Satellite TV, OP = Cable

[ISHGoat]

Op is actually one of the dumbest and most uneducated users on this forum.

[Thorpesaurous]

Capitalism just by it's nature doesn't really lend itself to science. The scientific method is founded in failure. Isolate a variable, fail, try something else, fail, isolate a third thing, get something, now repeat. Capitalism needs results or you theoretically are out of business. In a socialist environment you can go to work everyday and be compensated for doing the dirty work required for real scientific study, and NASA is pretty much our answer to that. It's government subsidized science. They've made huge progress in all types of fields that don't even seem related to space exploration. And that goes beyond even the obvious stuff, like the fact that space technology has defined the last 20 years with smart phones and internet connectivity.

[Smoke117]

Op is actually one of the dumbest and most uneducated users on this forum.

True.

[Mike Armstrong]

gave the US a flag on the moon.
Yarp.

[warriorfan]

yeah you guys have nothing to say besides "oh you are stupid"

keep sippin on that shit :oldlol:

[ThePhantomCreep]

This alone is worth the $780 billion:

http://www.spacetoday.org/images/Sats/MilSats/DSCS_SatInSpaceLockheedMartin.jpg

Satellites are used for many things such as communication, oceanography, astronomy, surveillance, and a variety of other things as well . They help many scientists get a perceptive view at all kinds of objects anywhere in the world.

Please tell me how we'd get that satellite up there without space travel? A giant slingshot? :banghead:

The DoD spent $610 billion just last year, and the OP is picking on NASA?

[Levity]

it's proven that alien life exists. I saw a space documentary a few years back called Apollo 18. Pretty much showed me why we dont go back to the moon. theres some scary stuff out there.

[West-Side]

- New technology used in modern society
- Job creation
- Education

Shall I expand for your ignorant mind?

[Draz]

it's proven that alien life exists. I saw a space documentary a few years back called Apollo 18. Pretty much showed me why we dont go back to the moon. theres some scary stuff out there.
Link? What's on the moon bruh :(

[robert de niro]

it's proven that alien life exists. I saw a space documentary a few years back called Apollo 18. Pretty much showed me why we dont go back to the moon. theres some scary stuff out there.
yes, specifically OP living illegally in the US

[rezznor]

Link? What's on the moon bruh :(
he's talking about this

http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/movieposters/8401072/p8401072_p_v7_aa.jpg

[falc39]

Capitalism just by it's nature doesn't really lend itself to science. The scientific method is founded in failure. Isolate a variable, fail, try something else, fail, isolate a third thing, get something, now repeat. Capitalism needs results or you theoretically are out of business. In a socialist environment you can go to work everyday and be compensated for doing the dirty work required for real scientific study, and NASA is pretty much our answer to that. It's government subsidized science. They've made huge progress in all types of fields that don't even seem related to space exploration. And that goes beyond even the obvious stuff, like the fact that space technology has defined the last 20 years with smart phones and internet connectivity.

Capitalism has led to very significant scientific discoveries as well as making it possible to mass produce and implement such discoveries so it can actually benefit all people instead of a select few. Scientific discovery comes from many sources and transcends politicization.

[Thorpesaurous]

Capitalism has led to very significant scientific discoveries as well as making it possible to mass produce and implement such discoveries so it can actually benefit all people instead of a select few. Scientific discovery comes from many sources and transcends politicization.


Mass production and the refining of scientific advancements have definitely thrived under capitalist economies. And certainly it transcends politics and economics. But it also has been more consistently progressive in socialist Germany and even in Russia. And NASA has been the American answer to that, a socially funded science wing within a capitalist environment.