It was true then. It's still true now.
There is one way to cause the economy to truly grow that will not only create jobs but revitalize whole industries, while injecting into the economy exponentially more money than it costs: go first back to the moon, and then to Mars.
All of this happened once, with the Apollo program. Never was money more productively spent by the American government. Whole industries blossomed as a result of the national committment to go to the moon before 1970. And multiple technologies developed by the moon program spawend dozens and dozens of other industries not directly related to the space program. Most people in and out of government simply don't realize what an enormous fiscal success the Mercury and Gemini and Apollo programs were for our government and our nation. Nothing could be more wrong-headed than to cite the pressing needs of social programs or even a bloated budget in opposition to an investment which has already proven its capacity to generate exponentially more revenue than it costs. If we lack the money to pay down the deficit and meet social needs, that's a very good reason for making an investment that will result in the economy generating many, many times the required expenditure in return!
All of this happened once, with the Apollo program. Never was money more productively spent by the American government. Whole industries blossomed as a result of the national committment to go to the moon before 1970. And multiple technologies developed by the moon program spawend dozens and dozens of other industries not directly related to the space program. Most people in and out of government simply don't realize what an enormous fiscal success the Mercury and Gemini and Apollo programs were for our government and our nation. Nothing could be more wrong-headed than to cite the pressing needs of social programs or even a bloated budget in opposition to an investment which has already proven its capacity to generate exponentially more revenue than it costs. If we lack the money to pay down the deficit and meet social needs, that's a very good reason for making an investment that will result in the economy generating many, many times the required expenditure in return!
It can happen again today. It will happen again- if only we have the vision, the courage, and the wisdom to do it.
If the next flag planted on the moon is that of China or even India, we will have no one to blame but ourselves.
http://www.keepamericainspace.com
If the next flag planted on the moon is that of China or even India, we will have no one to blame but ourselves.
http://www.keepamericainspace.com
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