Mass trauma event on the populace. Not only does it increase fear which can lead to an increase in spending (economic boost) to soothe the feels but it also leads the populace to not be as excited about space and lines up with how we went to the moon in '69 only to be all "well thats cool, think I will just stay on earth now." How does that make sense? We should have been able to make Mars by 1990 if we wanted to
Bingo! Makes us disinterested while they do who knows what and no one thinks any further. I am sure launching satellites is costly but not as much as preparing manned missions
Why lie?
Mass trauma event on the populace. Not only does it increase fear which can lead to an increase in spending (economic boost) to soothe the feels but it also leads the populace to not be as excited about space and lines up with how we went to the moon in '69 only to be all "well thats cool, think I will just stay on earth now." How does that make sense? We should have been able to make Mars by 1990 if we wanted to
What have they done with the half trillion in federal funding since then if they aren't building rockets?
Bingo! Makes us disinterested while they do who knows what and no one thinks any further. I am sure launching satellites is costly but not as much as preparing manned missions