Vote for 2010's biggest waste of money

[MidnightCowboy]

At a time of global crisis, whatever your political beliefs, one would expect those elected or otherwise charged with serving their subjects to use their (our?) resources wisely

From BBC News:

"Japan's first space probe bound for Venus has failed to enter the planet's orbit, the country's space agency says.

A previous interplanetary space probe launched by Japan in 1998 to orbit Mars was also a failure.

Akatsuki briefly lost contact but was now back in communication and functioning normally as it headed off around the sun, officials said.

"Unfortunately, it did not attain an orbit," said Hitoshi Soeno of the space agency, Jaxa.

"But it appears to be functioning and we may be able to try again when it passes by Venus six years from now."

Oh well, this must be a no brainer then, especially for all of those Japanese who might be concerned about the current jobs and pensions crisis. At least the guy sitting in front of the Akatsuki monitor is safe for the next six years

[Awgeewhiz]

Looks like a bad case of Venus envy to me.

[Taurus]

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

At a time of global crisis, whatever your political beliefs, one would expect those elected or otherwise charged with serving their subjects to use their (our?) resources wisely

There's the first mistake MC.

Respectfully,
T

[garth]

Originally Posted by MidnightCowboy

At a time of global crisis, whatever your political beliefs, one would expect those elected or otherwise charged with serving their subjects to use their (our?) resources wisely

MC, in the UK they are spending millions of public money to fund a "National Happiness Survey" in order to establish the general level of happiness among the British public.
Hope they talk to me while i'm trudging through the snow on my way to work at silly o'clock in the morning

[MidnightCowboy]

Originally Posted by garth

MC, in the UK they are spending millions of public money to fund a "National Happiness Survey" in order to establish the general level of happiness among the British public.
Hope they talk to me while i'm trudging through the snow on my way to work at silly o'clock in the morning

Well, I hope they include ex.pats in this survey. I sit here with a fraction of what I had in material terms when I was in the UK but with a significantly higher happiness level

[bibzgi]

Originally Posted by Awgeewhiz

Looks like a bad case of Venus envy to me.

Ha ha, that was good.

Nada beats EAST COAST.