For what it's worth, while we are sending billions of value to Ukraine, we're not literally just sending cash. Many of these things have already been manufactured anyways, the money has already been spent. Might as well use it instead of throwing it away in another decade or two.
It's the same thing with space ships. The probe development cost $565 million, but we're not just launching that money into space. We're paying people and companies that money to produce a probe, which supports our economy and lets us go to space.
note: I'm not trying to draw a comparison in mission goals between a rocket ship to Pluto and funding the war in Ukraine
It's the same thing with space ships. The probe development cost $565 million, but we're not just launching that money into space. We're paying people and companies that money to produce a probe, which supports our economy and lets us go to space.
note: I'm not trying to draw a comparison in mission goals between a rocket ship to Pluto and funding the war in Ukraine