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Originally Posted by soot
I'm not going to argue with you. I already told you that.
I'm happy to have a discussion if you'd like.
You really haven't provided anything that would serve as a reasonable basis for being opposed to the Apollo Program.
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Is that how it works? We need to do everything unless there is a reason against it? I thought it worked more in the sense that we only do that which is necessary/has reasons for it. Well, alright. Let's start with the huge cost to taxpayers.
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You've made it clear that you don't think it was worth the money, and you've made it clear that going to the Moon "because it's hard" is not an acceptable justification in your book.
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Is it an acceptable one in your's?
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All well and good.
So...lets try a new tact.
What would it take for you to consider the Apollo Program a success?
What would you like to see out of it to make the expense and effort justifiable?
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That's not how it works. You don't launch an operation and then try to justify it by coming up with goals for it. You create a goal and then create the operation to accomplish it.
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Bear in mind that the space program may very well not live up to your expectations. And that's fine. I'm sure that there were plenty of people alive in the 15th century that wouldn't have accepted any justification for the European "voyages of discovery".
But considering what you know of the space program let me know what you think would validate it and I'll let you know if it lives up to your expectations.
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