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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Just to be accurate, I think your budget number for NASA is about 10 times too low. The budget is around $20 billion, which is about 0.49 percent of total spending of $4.4 trillion. And, the GPD is over $20 trillion, which is about equal to the total national debt.. Our country's debt to GDP ratio is one of the highest in the world, but we are doing better than Greece. My point about sending a man to the moon is that, it is touted as a great benefit for the world, so why don't we expect the rest of the world to share in the cost?
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You're correct..not sure how the 0 got in there. We can expect the rest of the world to chip in but they won't.....only recently did they start stepping up to the UN costs but nowhere near where they should be. China and Russia will continue to do their own things and we will continue to share and offer our learnings with everyone else. I have hope that helps some of the Countries that need the help.