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Thread: 40 years Apollo - No Change
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20th July 2009, 11:13 PM #1
40 years Apollo - No Change
40 years ago being at school the debate we had was for or against Apollo and the $$$$$$$ it cost to do it.
So this week we have it everywhere we turn a look back and still the question remains.
How come we can spend so much and put 3 men on the Moon and still can't raise a fix for Swine Flu.
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20th July 2009, 11:53 PM #2
There is a little reported vaccine developed by a team at Qld Uni, but they didn't go about it by the normal rule book of testing with eggs etc. After 2 weeks of receiving swine flu samples from the US they had a vaccine, but we have to wait 1 year at least before it can be released.
But we can fly to the moon.
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21st July 2009, 12:22 AM #3
Sad aniversery for me and mine it was the day my dad died and her indoors grandmother died, so its quiet reflection time
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21st July 2009, 07:16 AM #4
Vaccines need to be proven safe and this takes time. There are valid questions about Gardasil and Triple Antigen due to the severity of the reactions in a limited number of individuals. Both efficacy and safety need to be proven before they are released to large populations. By the time the vaccine has been released the flu will have mutated or there will be another threat from the land of very little organisms.
I heard there were 400,000 people involved in the moon landing. The only kind of affair that uses that many people nowadays is military adventures into third world countries. I think Armstrong was right in that it kaept the cold war from becoming a military conflict. It certainly was an unforgettable moment."We must never become callous. When we experience the conflicts ever more deeply we are living in truth. The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil." - Albert Schweizer
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21st July 2009, 11:21 AM #5
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21st July 2009, 03:48 PM #6
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Yep ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND but we haven't learnt anything, we are still a silly war monger killing race.
Where was I on the day? I was buying some tucker in the Canteen on the RAAF base Edinbrough in South Aus, I was in my 3rd year apprenticeship chippy and joiner.
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21st July 2009, 04:37 PM #7
G'Day
After 16 years in the Space Industry, including before, after, and during 1969 I really don't think you have done much research as to benefits and yes one of them was no WW3.
Cheers
Bernie
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21st July 2009, 06:33 PM #8
We could've put men on the moon for a fraction of the cost and even earlier than eventuated.
The expense was mainly tied up in bringing them back.
- Andy Mc
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21st July 2009, 07:33 PM #9
Lets see....space program benefits I can think of include:
Image analysis software used for MRI's and CAT scans
The CCD imaging chip used in webcams and digital cameras
Smoke detectors for houses
Global telecommunications and GPS
Mamography scanners
Speedo's ultra-streamlined swimsuits
Fireproof fabric for firefighters
Barcodes on products
Joystick controllers
and perhaps most importantly - cordless power tools!!!!
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26th July 2009, 01:52 PM #10
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2nd August 2009, 10:28 AM #11Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I´m not so sure about the universe.
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