(August 29, 2022 at 11:55 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:(August 28, 2022 at 7:11 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: I see that Artemis 1 is due to launch tomorrow. The cost of this flight, and three subsequent flights will be $4.1 billion each, with a total project cost of $93 billion by 2025.
How many hungry people could you feed for $93 billion? How many homeless could you house? How many schools and hospitals could you build? How much medical research could be funded? How many climate change projects?
Manned spaceflight is the boondoggliest of all boondoggles.
Boru
It's what, half of one percent of the US federal budget? I'm sure there's something more boondoggly than that in there.
It isn’t just the amount of money spent.
Boondoggle (n): work or activity that is wasteful or pointless, but gives the appearance of having value.
Boru
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