[geeks] healthcare was: nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

[Lionel Peterson]

>From: Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>Date: 2008/05/24 Sat PM 12:17:38 EDT
>To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: Re: [geeks] healthcare was: nVidia 8800GT for Apple Mac Pro

>On May 23, 2008, at 17:27 , Sandwich Maker wrote:
>
>> " From: Shannon Hendrix <shannon at widomaker.com>
>> "
>> "
>> " You just don't realize how much more money we are burning right now.
>>
>> we're spending enough on the war to launch shuttles m/w/f -every- 
>> week-.
>> 150 launches a year.
>>
>> and folks complain nasa's expensive...
>
>Yep.
>
>It really ticks me off too.
>
>A single B2 bomber squadron costs more than NASA's budget.

A B2 Bomber costs $2.1 Billion (all in)[0]

Current NASA budget is $17 Billion/year (2008)[1]

How many $2.1 BN planes are in a squadron?

How many B2s do we buy a year (more than 8?)

Intersting reading on B2 cost is here: http://www.cdi.org/issues/aviation/B296.html

Lionel

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-2_Spirit#Development

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Budget