The bottom line? Our dreams are WAY bigger than NASA's budget! Are we going to trash and splash the International Space Station? Will the US ever again send an astronaut into space? Or, are we doomed to buying seats on the Soyuz, for as long as the Russians are interested in being charitable to "the poor Americans"?
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>SCIENTISTS DECODE FIRST MESSAGE FROM AN ALIEN CIVILIZATION<
Simply send 6 x 10^50 hydrogen atoms to the star system at the top of the list, cross off that system, then put your star system at the bottom of the list and send it to 100 other star systems. Within one galactic rotation you will receive enough hydrogen to power your civilization until entropy reaches its maximum!
