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”

https://hexbear.net/post/8170388

  • lefaucet@slrpnk.net
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    13 days ago

    Nasa has created massive economic benefits for the economy and technological innovations that have improved quality of life in a very real way.

    Gil Scott Heron had a very valid point that we need to focus on our sister Nell, but Whitey on the Moon is a net benefit to sister Nell and not the reason we ain’t taking care of her.

    In 2025 Nasa got $24 billion ICE got $80 billion Military got $919 billion

    I got a guess as to which one is most likely to shoot your sister Nell. Lets take money from that one

    …Also When Whitey on the Moon was written, NASA got like 4% of the US budget. NASA now gets 0.35%