>>>>Money spent on space isn't put in a bag and launched on a rocket. Its spent on engineers and equipment. Mostly in the US. Its like a cash injection right where its needed, in employment and training.
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>>>I didn't say it is or would be money wasted. Just that space dreams strike me as a luxury at the moment, not a necessity.
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>>Mike,
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>>I wouldn't want to explain that position to the 300+ workers who were just given pink slips in CT aerospace industries this week.
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>Oh, please. Nearly 2 million Americans have lost their jobs this year. I don't see that those 300 are any more important than the others. This recession (if indeed that's all it is) has not left many sectors unscathed.

Nonetheless my point is that telling anyone that we are cutting their jobs becasue the program those jobs are associated with is a "luxury" is a m istake in my mind.