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Well, damn, you see no evidence that NASA is not a luxury, therefore it must be true, expert that you are.
The private sector only does things that are profitable within a limited time frame. How much profit do you think there is in simply flying to the moon and back, or orbiting the moon for a week or two? Lots of cash to be made there!
Let me just make sure I've got your argument right. The private sector is unwilling to pay for a space program because they can't make any money out of it. Since people obviously aren't willing to pay for it in the free market, you're advocating that the government take our money in the form of taxes to pay for something we wouldn't willingly pay for ourselves because the government "knows better."
You realize how very socialist that sounds, right?