Re:Greg Robinson fixed NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, re...
by mrguyorama on Friday July 15, 2022 @06:47PM
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Remember that for congresscritters, it's infinitely easier to cull $20m from NASA's budget than $5 from the DOD.
Also remember that a non-trivial amount of Americans believe the moon landing was faked, or that the earth is flat and NASA is part of some conspiracy. Or that a certain political party has spent literally three decades saying "the nerds at NASA are lying, there is no global warming" and you might start to understand the complete lack of political will to give NASA the funding to do even literally the basics.
Also remember that a non-trivial amount of Americans believe the moon landing was faked, or that the earth is flat and NASA is part of some conspiracy. Or that a certain political party has spent literally three decades saying "the nerds at NASA are lying, there is no global warming" and you might start to understand the complete lack of political will to give NASA the funding to do even literally the basics.