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Re:NASA's Project Scientist Faces Painful Choices as Voyager... by rayiner on Saturday April 05, 2025 @06:05PM (#43597201)
I agree with that. But that’s different than saying “NASA's budget has been cut so back over the years.” The military budget has been shrinking as a share of GDP since the 1980s as well. It would be odd to say the military budget had been cut back though.
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Re:NASA's Project Scientist Faces Painful Choices as Voyager... by rlpb on Saturday April 05, 2025 @06:45PM (#43597432)
Arguably it makes more sense for military budget to reference GDP since military capability is relative to that of one’s adversaries. If their capability has increased, then so must ours to achieve a net zero difference. And their capability is proportional to their spending ability with everything else kept equal.
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Re:NASA's Project Scientist Faces Painful Choices as Voyager... by _DeadFred_ on Saturday April 05, 2025 @06:48PM (#43597448)
You're too smart to make that comparison. 1980s we were in the middle of a VERY strong cold was with the USSR. Every American agrees that military focused has decreased since then, while scientific focus/interest/value has increased.
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