America FAIL

[Anonymous No.2967388]

NASA is turning over station cargo flights to two commercial operators and hopes private companies will have the capability to fly people into orbit within four to five years. Until then, Russia will operate the only crew flights to the station, a service that currently costs the United States $51 million per person. The price climbs to $63 million a seat in 2014.

>America outsourcing space flights to private companies while subsidizing it completely. LOL "free market". They have made their own space program an over priced space delivery service, now with no focus on science, only profits.

>America out sourcing space flight to RUSSIA, lol.

Your empire is declining. The EU, China and Russia is expanding their space program, funds for education and research. You are all cutting it. Enjoy your extra ammo and chewin' tabaccy from your insignificant "tax cuts". LOL

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/04/29/us-space-shuttle-program-idUKTRE73Q8Z520110429

[Anonymous No.2967417]

From the article:

>NASA's next program, which is still in the planning stages, is to send astronauts to asteroids and other destinations in the solar system.

are they are downsizing while they are doing this? Ha, the lies they tell themselves!

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2967425]

>>2967417
It really is unfortunate. And frankly insulting. NASA makes back EIGHT TIMES more money than it costs to run it in patents on scientific discoveries. However all this money goes directly to the US Treasury, none to NASA.

[Anonymous No.2967435]

>>2967425
>implying private companies now don't scoop up the patents (researched with government money) just like with medical research.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.2967440]

>>2967435
Too much emphasis on privatization can blow up in your face.

[Anonymous No.2967461]

>>2967440
Maybe the problem is not with private companies but with intellectual property laws?

[Anonymous No.2967462]

>>2967440
of couse it can. it leaves the people with nothing.

[Anonymous No.2967467]

>>2967461
both?

[Anonymous No.2968930]

stupid americans!

[Anonymous No.2968975]

hey who were the people who landed on the moon again?

thats right. now just go along your business.

[Anonymous No.2968991]

Dude you're so late on that. We've been declining ever sense we freed the slaves.

[Anonymous No.2969006]

Meh, I don't think so OP. The fact is, public space flight seems pretty pointless in the near future. Most of the basic research regarding long term human survival in space has been done. Now it falls to the private sector to try to lower payload cost and other cost associated with space flight.

One great thing about the private sector is that many of the silly political motives for what NASA does (like cancelling constellation) won't exist in the private sector. I for one welcome our new private space company overloads with open arms. Hopefully I can snag a job in the field when I graduate.

[Anonymous No.2969011]

>>2968975
and you'll never do it again.

Fucking sad when your highest achievements were 40 fucking years ago.

[Anonymous No.2969016]

>The EU

[Anonymous No.2969040]

>>2969006
>implying those private firms won't blow government money on "research" before going bankrupt or merging with no results.

>implying that isn't the plan to begin with.

[Anonymous No.2969056]

>>2969011
you are so cute when you think you are on our level.

america is da best. europe sucks more like EUSUCK

[Anonymous No.2969144]

IN AMERICA WE'D RATHER SPEND MONEY ON NIPPLES AND HAIR!

[Anonymous No.2969170]

>>2969144


rich Europeans who want plastic surgery come to the US 100% of the time (california).

[Anonymous No.2969173]

>>2969170
>doesn't know about superior (and cheaper) thai and south american plastic surgery