space ship one makes the target

"Jay Masino" wrote in message
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:
"JP" wrote in message
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We have a civilian astronaut.

yeeeehaaa!

Doesn't NASA have a bunch already? Weren't Neil Armstrong during Gemini
and
Apollo, and Harrison Schmidt on Apollo 14, civilians?


We have the first astronaut of a civilian funded spacecraft.

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
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yeeeehaaa!

Doesn't NASA have a bunch already? Weren't Neil Armstrong during
Gemini
and
Apollo, and Harrison Schmidt on Apollo 14, civilians?


We have the first astronaut of a civilian funded spacecraft.

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

Amazing, isn't it, how many people completely miss that point, and too, that
a tax cut "costs the government".

Dave Stadt wrote:
We have the first astronaut of a civilian funded spacecraft.

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

Of course, but I think you know what I meant.



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Dave Stadt wrote:

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

Not directly.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Dave Stadt wrote:

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

Not directly.

Oh? So would you please differentiate/explain the direct and indirect
funding?

Tom Sixkiller wrote:

Oh? So would you please differentiate/explain the direct and indirect
funding?

Simple. My taxes go to the government or to various companies who collect them for
the government. My Federal income taxes directly fund the U.S. government, 'cause
that's who I pay them to. The space program was and is directly funded by the U.S.
government. Some portion of my tax money is used for that, and you can argue that
this means I indirectly fund the space program.

George Patterson
None of us is as dumb as all of us.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Tom Sixkiller wrote:

Oh? So would you please differentiate/explain the direct and indirect
funding?

Simple. My taxes go to the government or to various companies who collect
them for
the government. My Federal income taxes directly fund the U.S. government,
'cause
that's who I pay them to. The space program was and is directly funded by
the U.S.
government. Some portion of my tax money is used for that, and you can
argue that
this means I indirectly fund the space program.

George, that's pretty lame.

"G.R. Patterson III" wrote in message
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Dave Stadt wrote:

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

Not directly.

Let's see now. The government takes my money and spends it directly on the
space program. That's pretty direct in my book.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message
gy.com...
Let's see now. The government takes my money and spends it directly on
the
space program. That's pretty direct in my book.

You've got a long way to go before you've made trolling the art form that
Steven has. That said, you sure have gotten an impressive number of nibbles
already, I'll grant you that.

"Dave Stadt" wrote in message ...
"Jay Masino" wrote in message
...
Tom Sixkiller wrote:
"JP" wrote in message
...
We have a civilian astronaut.

yeeeehaaa!

Doesn't NASA have a bunch already? Weren't Neil Armstrong during Gemini
and
Apollo, and Harrison Schmidt on Apollo 14, civilians?


We have the first astronaut of a civilian funded spacecraft.

I do believe civilians have funded every penny of the US space program.

I do believe that is wrong. Military personnel pay federal taxes, so
not every penny came from civilians.