wrong again. many technologies were developed to make space travel possible. then private business found inovative ways to use it.
The fact that they had to out of necessity build a refueling location doesn't disprove my point. When they built the transcontinental railroad, the goal wasn't to establish a city in Promontory Utah. They were trying to link the already existing communities in CA to the networks in the east. If nobody lived in CA, t hen they wouldn't have built the railroad. They would've simply kept expanding communities in the east until they were prosperous enough to justify a railroad to them. FIRST, the route to California was justified. Then they did what was necessary and provided refueling stations as needed.
and they did it with big government subsidies thereby proving the point that they didnt do it "themselves". business need an economic reason to do something. government can do it for the good of the whole even if at the time it seems like a waste of money. the interstate highway system was decried as a giant waste of money at the time it was approved.
cordless electric drill technology. teflon. memory foam are just three. arent these things taught in school anymore? 5 commonly used items that were originally designed for use in space are such things as: Cordless Tools Portable and self-contained power tools. Originally developed for astronauts on the Apollo missions to allow them to drill for moon samples. This technology has lead to development of such tools as the cordless vacuum cleaners and power drills Smoke Detectors First used in the Earth orbiting space station called Skylab. It help detect any toxic vapors. Now in common use in most homes and business. Medical Imaging NASA developed ways to process signals from spacecraft to produce clearer images. This technology also makes it possible to take photo like images of our insides. TV Satellite Dish NASA developed ways to correct errors in the signals coming from there spacecraft. This technology is used to reduce interference in TV signals coming from satellites. Digital Thermometer Instead of measuring temperature using a column of mercury, digital thermometers have a lens that detects infrared energy, which we feel as heat. The warmer something is the more infrared energy it puts out. This technology was originally developed to detect the birth of stars. Also GPS was invented Read more: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Name_5_th...ed_by_your_for_space_technology#ixzz21BGtzwYa
I already said that the sole purpose of government is as a planning organization. But it is the desire of the private sector to expand that drives it and builds it. Not the other way around.
The people Obama is attacking, and wants to raise taxes on are the ones who have paid or are paying the most for the infrastructure in the first place. "We" all did not pay for the infrastructure. Almost 50% of "us" paid zero for the infrastructure. In fact, about 40% of "us" get back more than we pay in to the government.
well if the private sector convinces government to do something does that mean they did it themselves?
You're wrong about that. Local taxes also go to matching funds, so even the income-tax-free are chipping in.
the interstate highway system was and is a big waste of money. Life would be so much better for so many people if it didn't exist. It is just another monstrosity created by an unaccountable government.