Congress Makes NASA Finish Useless $350 Million Structure (1 Viewer)

[lakerstan]

NASA will complete a $350 million structure to test rocket engines at Stennis Space Center in Mississippi early this year. Then, it plans to mothball the 300-foot-high, steel-frame tower for the foreseeable future.

The reason: Congress ordered the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to finish building the facility even though the agency doesn’t need it.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-08/congress-makes-nasa-finish-useless-350-million-structure.html

 

[danielmclark]

Republicans: $350 million for a useless NASA structure, totally cool. Remember that next time you hear one talk about how much they're the party of "small government".

 

[NCCommish]

Well better than using the money to learn something I guess.

 

[Stinger Ray]

Let's see.....$57 million to complete this structure or $6.5 billion to extend unemployment benefits 3 months.

 

[32 Counter Pass]

I guess we are tabling the "ya gotta start somewhere" in regards to cutting spending?

 

[Warrior]

Let's see.....$57 million to complete this structure or $6.5 billion to extend unemployment benefits 3 months.

For those not great at match, that's over 100x as much money for the 3 months.

 

[DiStefano]

Republicans: $350 million for a useless NASA structure, totally cool. Remember that next time you hear one talk about how much they're the party of "small government".

Well, we can either spend $53 million and finish the structure, or spend $40 million on unemployment for those who get laid off, and have no finished structure.

 

[datonn]

Toured the Kennedy Space Center a couple weeks ago, and our tour guide was talking about this at-length. Said that part of the Orion program (that was scrapped) is going to be re-purposed for commercial space flight (Space X and others are leasing space at the facility). But yeah...it's about on-par with Congress forcing the US military to build a bunch more tanks they don't want/need too. Because, you know, they're the Party of smaller government and the elimination of waste.

 

[Fennis]

Republicans: $350 million for a useless NASA structure, totally cool. Remember that next time you hear one talk about how much they're the party of "small government".

Well, we can either spend $53 million and finish the structure, or spend $40 million on unemployment for those who get laid off, and have no finished structure.

so you were in favor of the stimulus?

 

[DiStefano]

Republicans: $350 million for a useless NASA structure, totally cool. Remember that next time you hear one talk about how much they're the party of "small government".

Well, we can either spend $53 million and finish the structure, or spend $40 million on unemployment for those who get laid off, and have no finished structure.

so you were in favor of the stimulus?

Frankly, yes, I was in favor of a stimulus; but the one they had was administered in an appalling fashion.

 

[DrJ]

I think we should reserve terms like useless for things like Obamacare websites. It soulds like this thing could actually launch a rocket.

 

[Bottomfeeder Sports]

Republicans: $350 million for a useless NASA structure, totally cool. Remember that next time you hear one talk about how much they're the party of "small government".

Well, we can either spend $53 million and finish the structure, or spend $40 million on unemployment for those who get laid off, and have no finished structure.

so you were in favor of the stimulus?

Frankly, yes, I was in favor of a stimulus; but the one they had was administered in an appalling fashion.

I agree. All of those stupid tax rebates could have been put to better use,

 

[TxBuckeye]

It's ok. We can just furlough federal workers for a few weeks to cover it.

 

[DrJ]

Republicans: $350 million for a useless NASA structure, totally cool. Remember that next time you hear one talk about how much they're the party of "small government".

Well, we can either spend $53 million and finish the structure, or spend $40 million on unemployment for those who get laid off, and have no finished structure.

so you were in favor of the stimulus?

Frankly, yes, I was in favor of a stimulus; but the one they had was administered in an appalling fashion.

I agree. All of those stupid tax rebates could have been put to better use,

You might think so, until you see what they did with the rest of it.