Emergency Funding

--- In ssi_list@... "Xenophile"
>
> > Consider that the US Congress approved Bush's War Funding Bill to
> > the order of approximately $75 Billion.
>
> I am considering it... and am NOT saying if that is a good or bad
> thing. I intend to stay on topic. (You listening, folks?)
>
> > What do you think could be built in space with a one time
> > commitment of $75 billion?
>
> Well, if it was absolutely one time, with no follow-up whatsoever,
> then it would be a waste. But I think that you mean "on top of
> whatever is normally spent."
>
> So let's see... $75 billion...
>
> OK, this is what I'm going to do: I have just been made NASA
> Administrator (yeah, right!), and that Congress and the President
> have handed me the moolah with the instructions, "Do something
great
> for America and the World!" (this seems even less likely).
>
> Is this what you had in mind?

Just playing a "what-if" game here.

Let's say that some crisis galvanized the public and we had to have
some major activity in orbit. You fill in the blanks for whatever
you think might be appropriate.

Or we return to budget surpluses and the space community has learned
how to pull the politcal action levers, and manages to finangle $75
billion for some project . .

Or Saddam actually nukes Saudia Arabia and destroys all that oil
pumping capacity, so we really need to do something in a hurry, so
SPS is put on the fast track, a Manhattan Project type of effort.

I don't know, it's all make beleive, so if you accept the premise of
getting the money then the likelihood of you being NASA
administrator is just as likely. Do great things while you run the
place Administrator Xenophile!

TangoMan