[buccaneer81]

I'm sure all of this is Constitutional. /sarc

All NASA has to do is put one military component on all spacecraft, and then maybe you'll let it go.

[fhayek]

Could we ever go there, I mean, like on the dark side?

[cripplecreek]

All NASA has to do is put one military component on all spacecraft

It worked for Lewis and Clark.

I'd like to see a side by side comparison of what entitlements and regulatory agencies cost me personally per year as opposed to what this stuff costs me per year.

[ml/nj]

All NASA has to do is put one military component on all spacecraft, and then maybe you'll let it go.

In case you're not paying attention, the military launches its own stuff. Anyone who suggests that there is any military benefit to taking close up photos of Mercury must surely be delusional. There's a good chance I'm more interested in this stuff than you are. I've seen at least three transits of Mercury. But most people couldn't care less. Asking them to subsidize it is just plain immoral; and unconstitutional besides.

ML/NJ

[mhx]

There probably is a military component on there but it’s a secret.

We need to claim Mercury for the US before someone else gets it like the Canadians.