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Originally Posted by Marathon Man
It's not about proof.
It's about discovery. It's about exploration. It's about expansion of knowledge. It's about our desire to expand out world. It's about having a mind that is open to all these things and more (not everyone has that).
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Sounds good. But, the cost for the mission was $2.9 billion. Apparently all of it was funded by U.S. taxpayers. Why didn't the rest of the world, who also benefit from all that knowledge, share in the cost? Couldn't countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and others, who aren't $30 trillion in debt, kick in a billion or so?