Space may be the final frontier but, according to Bill Maher, it’s the last place the United States needs to be going right now. The realpolitik host of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher …
mocked, minimized, and maligned the Trump administration’s extraterrestrial ambitions on Friday night’s show while also taunting the “nerd” citizenry who clutch to the space program despite its exorbitant impracticality.
“Here’s an idea: instead of going to Mars, how about we just stop treating Earth the way Led Zeppelin treated hotel rooms?” “It takes six months to get to Mars…missions can only happen during a two-week window every two years. If you get in trouble on Mars you’re on you’re own. It’s like living in Puerto Rico. But we can get to the Moon in three days. Amazing will be delivering there.”, the comedian, actor, producer, writer, singer and impassioned champion of space exploration, science education and interstellar imagination.
Maher, meanwhile, said the debates did illuminate a major issue in the country:”I watched two nights of debates and I finally know America’s biggest problem. Overcrowding.”
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