"geezer" geezer(at)emailias.com wrote in message
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| Anyway, there was a call-in show on CNN or CNBC or something, and
they
| were talking about the costs of the mission and stuff, and
"Shouldn't
| we be spending this money on Earth"
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| Back when I was building hardware for the space program every
penny
| was spent with contractors and subs on earth. There was nary a
| contract with them off planet types. They never bid on anything.

Of course not. That would have violated one or more of the
non-proliferation of technology directives of the Federation.