At Last We’ll Know: Can Ants Be Trained to Sort Tiny Screws in Space?
Posted by Matski on December 11th, 2006
Bruno and I devoted part of our show this week to a discussion of Bush’s latest “build it and then figure out how to pay for it” initiative — the plan to build a permanent moon base by 2024.
The ever-eloquent Gregg Easterbrook makes the same points I did about the moon base — namely:
So, what is it for? Transparently, the true goal of the moon base would be to keep budget lines and contracts flowing to the congressional districts and aerospace contractors wired in to current NASA spending.
The article’s a good read, if you’ve got time.
* Title reference: Simpsons Ep. 1F13, “Deep Space Homer”
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