'You cannot end drug use." #46
I hope drug abuse, and not drug use is the issue.
But it's worth mentioning, "miracle drugs" like penicillin are rapidly losing their efficacy; and monster pathogens like MRSA* are emerging apace.
We face the real prospect of no longer being able to do basic surgical procedures, for lack of ability to control post-op infection.
"Trump expected to cut Nasa's climate change budget in favour of Moon return"
a)
U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK
The Outstanding Public Debt as of 25 Nov 2016 at 02:44:02 PM GMT is:
$ 1 9 , 9 1 4 , 3 8 4 , 1 5 2 , 2 2 2 . 4 4
The estimated population of the United States is 324,216,518
so each citizen's share of this debt is $61,423.10.
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
b) During the Cold War, in tandem with the missile race, proving to the Soviets our exquisite technological rocketry skills made some sense. It may have helped avert a nuclear missile exchange.
- The Cold War is over.
- We WON !!
- Sending humans BACK to the moon is a preposterously stupid idea!
Experts widely acknowledge, unmanned probes can generally do about the same as manned missions; but for about one $Tenth the $price.
If we had the $money, we could debate the merits of spending it.
But $borrowing from the $grand $kids for pointless $space $adventures is a dismally stupid idea.
$Zero the U.S. federal $debt.
$Then we can have a friendly chat about whether it makes sense to do something so foolish.
* Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)