I'm a little baffled at the expense/risk to payoff ratio of the NASA program. So many experiments involving space, space exploration, life on new planets, etc. Things are a little too fucked up here on Earth to be fascinated about whether or not a drop of water was found on the Moon's surface. How much money, seriously, is being spent on the Space Program, and how much does it really benefit the citizens of the United States?
We were the first country to put Astronauts on the Moon. Who gives a shit? Do you know how insignificant this event was to the world at large? A lot of people believe that the moon landing was filmed on a sound stage somewhere and NASA, quite frankly, has no real way of proving otherwise. Think about that... there's no real proof that the greatest feat of engineering ever took place? A great acheivement of science and exploration and what good did it do us? The United States has the biggest space dick?
Well, if we didn't do it, Russia or China might have beaten us to it. Good! Fuck 'em. What do we care if they land on the moon, discover an icicle on Mars? Wouldn't it be cooler to use that science brain trust to say "hey... we cured cancer" or something that people could benefit from? Let other countries worry about trivial shit like space walks. Let's fix something here.
When's the last time modern medicine actually cured something? Chris Rock said it best... there's no money in the cure, just the treatment. I guaranfuckingtee you that the CEO of Pfizer would never die of anything other than old age. I bet there has never been a natural cause of premature death of anyone or their families that works as an executive at a pharmaceutical company. I'll bet you dollars to Viagras that there's a vault somewhere in every pharmaceutical headquarters with bottles labeled "AIDS CURE" or "CANCER CURE" or "HERPES CURE."
I'm just saying that it's sort of outrageous that so much money is going to government organization that absolutely has no other impact on Earth (save for Tang, posturepedic mattresses, and freeze dried snacks) while the money for one space toilet could help out an average citizen.
Great, now I'm sounding like a fucking hippie.
goochout.
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