Quote Originally Posted by BushMasterBoy View Post
Because once we master space travel there really is no limit. Similar to the Louisiana Purchase and Sewards Folly (Alaska) the investments have been phenomenal. Thats why all the billionaires have invested. 2 grand will not even come close to improving my quality of life.
NASA accounts for less than half of one percent of the US federal budget, typically around 0.4% of the total discretionary spending. We'll be bankrupt long before we master even "NEO" at the rate of inflation/devaluing of the US dollar, just reality...

If anyone does master it, it will likey be the Chinese in ~20-30 years. They invest a lot more into aerospace, and Xi doesn't drop money from airplanes when the populace is getting unhappy with them (He just sends them to camps, most likely).