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'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch (www.space.com)

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[–] Rooskie91@discuss.online 78 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Because efficiency is leaving a $10b telescope floating in space like a piece of junk.

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Efficiency is when the government abandons all its investments, lets everything fall apart, and drives all scientists to take jobs abroad before the next uncontrolled pandemic paralyzes the country.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's going to be measles or some other preventable disease

[–] ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It'll most likely be avian flu, which is pretty bad. The Trump people are trying to ban MRNA vaccines and cut the vaccine research that might have helped with it.

[–] ZeroPoke@fedia.io 4 points 1 year ago

Then its war with Canada to distract from the disease and to take their resources. #IWantOffThisRide