Comments on: 122 million miles on the clock https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/06/122-million-miles-on-the-clock/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:30:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alison https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/06/122-million-miles-on-the-clock/#comment-20491 Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:30:57 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8118#comment-20491 Wow, that’s impressive mileage, which I didn’t know.

And it is money spent on things that benefit you/me. What about that GPS tracker you use for windsurfing, for starters. 🙂

Here’s some more (a random site when I googled it): http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_benefits_of_space_exploration

I only knew the extent of this, as I was fortunate to visit NASA back in 2006. A large part of their role is educating the American public on what they do and how it benefits (otherwise they’d get backlash re Congress funding).

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