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White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent (arstechnica.com)
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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wow, the government agency with literally the best long term ROI by an order of magnitude is getting its budget cut. Cool cool cool.

[–] derzeppo@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

Well the IRS is about the same at $7 revenue per $1 spent, but yeah.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 9 points 11 months ago

That should help to put a flag on Mars.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 months ago

i love how they are basically handing soft power and future dominance over to china.

[–] BigMacHole@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

Woah! We just found a FREE half of Nasa's Budget not being used! We should GIVE IT to President Elon Musk!

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Get rid of Elmo.