You realize the first round of those interventions were actually signed by Bush, right? Republicans are all talk, no walk, when it comes to autistrian economics. Remember when the previous big catastrophe hit, Nixon was hardly shy about going full commie when push came to shove.
Far-Right white nationalists are butthurt as fuck
Levi Robinson
Cooper Morales
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Jace Wright
Butthurt Canadian/Brit detected.
Bentley Wood
Well, there wasn't really any scientific use for such an endeavor at the time. In comparison, a satellite is a literal wealth of knowledge, one that can be flung into deep space with no risk of life and a very small risk of getting less info than was worth the investment.
In this specific case, going on until the end of the USSR, it was basically the same. There was no fair reason the Challenger astronauts should have died (which was also a much slower and more painful process than it looked). The US government were merely cheapasses.
Neither government has ever cared about human life. The US just massacres other countries' citizens instead of its own.
Nathan Rogers
It was supposed to be a first step toward a manned moonbase (which would be cheaper than a space station while fulfilling most of the same tasks), mars missions, and more. Never forget that (scientific fallout aside) unmanned exploration is useful only as a prelude to human expansion. Instead, space exploration has almost collapsed.
Austin Price
Eastern propaganda; the first animal in space was fruit flies and they were carried aboard an american spacecraft