What Does 100 Billion Dollars Buy?
March 30, 2009 by Norbert Haupt
When Ronald Reagan first proposed the International Space Station, it was supposed to cost $8 billion.
The total cost of the International Space Station, now nearly complete, is estimated to approach $100 billion.
We got decades of research, employment, frontier innovation and inspiration for generations of young people all over the world for that money.
Compare that to $185 billion Bush spent last fall, without much fanfare and questions, on AIG, and AIG is nowhere near assured survival.
Where did we get more bang for the buck?
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What Does 100 Billion Dollars Buy?
March 30, 2009 by Norbert Haupt
When Ronald Reagan first proposed the International Space Station, it was supposed to cost $8 billion.
The total cost of the International Space Station, now nearly complete, is estimated to approach $100 billion.
We got decades of research, employment, frontier innovation and inspiration for generations of young people all over the world for that money.
Compare that to $185 billion Bush spent last fall, without much fanfare and questions, on AIG, and AIG is nowhere near assured survival.
Where did we get more bang for the buck?
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