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It is downright funny how our members of the government get on television and tell the population that we ( the middle class and the poor) must all sacrifice during this time of our bad economy because the United States has no money to spend on social services needed by the working/non-working poor in this country. Hell, our government harps that we need to cut back on Medicare, Social Security, and anything else that would help us. Yet, we can still find the money to finance the corporations which build weapons for our military, and not even bat an eye at the cost?
Our newest toy is a hypersonic glider which runs at 13,000 miles per hour. That’s something that I have always felt that we needed. Not!
So they took this thing up to the edge of space and then let it fly back down towards the planet and into the ocean. Wonder how much that little task cost us?
A rocket carried the agency's Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 to the edge of space, where it separated from the booster to maneuver through the atmosphere at 13,000 mph. Minutes into the flight, the agency said the mission was on track in its glide phase. The mission will end with a plunge into the ocean.
The U.S. military is trying to develop technology to respond to threats around the globe at speeds of Mach 20 or greater.
How about taking the money that this glider cost and then responding to some of the threats in the United States. You know. Things like unemployment, a jobs program, and some real healthcare for everybody.
2 Comments:
Saw your post, completely agree. Saw another article with an estimated price tag listed at $308 Million. Here's the article if you're interested. http://www.ksby.com/news/cost-of-experimental-hypersonic-glider-project/
Rather, I should say $308 million was the cost to build two hypersonic gliders, one of which was lost in 9 minutes. Pretty sure even Paris Hilton couldn't spend money that fast.javascript:void(0)
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