There are some voices of reason in the thread saying that NASA money is a drop in the bucket compared to war spending, but there’s a whole lot of support for space exploration by China (and Russia), because of course it’s only bad when “USian”
There are some voices of reason in the thread saying that NASA money is a drop in the bucket compared to war spending, but there’s a whole lot of support for space exploration by China (and Russia), because of course it’s only bad when “USian”
It’s not JUST that it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the rest of the budget, but it is a huge boon in science for the world.
Almost everything NASA produces is public domain. Even from a capitalist perspective, we get more out of NASA than we put in. Heck, even if you feel like it’s just a jobs program, it’s a jobs program for highly trained people.