When you look at all the technological advances made in the past thirty or forty years, and then realize that at least 75 to 80% of them derive from the space program in some way or another, it becomes mind-boggling.
Cheers - Jay 
Posts from Jay J. Foraker in thread „Do You Believe They Put A Man On The Moon?“
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Looks like I'm in the minority so far in that I firmly support our space program. For one thing, our technology would not be where it is today without all the research that has gone into going into space. Our internet (and the JW Message Board) is an indirect result of that. The micro-miniaturization of the computer came about because of space exploration. The medical strides made in the last few decades are an off-shoot of the technologies developed (in part at San Antonio's Brooks Aerospace Medicine). Many of the devices that aid us around the home and work and elsewhere have their roots in space research.
On top of that, man is always exploring new boundaries. I firmly believe the human race will stagnate without new areas to investigate. Don't forget that the earth's resources are rapidly declining and we will need to find new ones eventually (meaning other worlds) and economical ways to retrieve those resources. This can only be achieved through space research.
If man was not the exploring kind, we wouldn't have even had the westward expansion into the west, no westerns (especially John Wayne's).
I've been on my soapbox long enough - suffice it to say I'm very positive about this subject.Cheers - Jay
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Robbie - try http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html for an in-depth refutation of this stupid idea that we never landed on the moon. It's mostly bad science molded to fit the naysayers idea that the moon landings were a major hoax. For one thing, as this site presents right off the bat, with so many people involved in going to the moon, someone would have blown the whistle within a day, much less it lasting all these years without many people saying it was a hoax.
Cheers - Jay <_<
