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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago

White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

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White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

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fossilesque@mander.xyz to Astronomy@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months ago
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“It would be nothing short of an extinction-level event for space science.”…
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    Wow, the government agency with literally the best long term ROI by an order of magnitude is getting its budget cut. Cool cool cool.

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

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      National parks have a 10:1 ROI.

      https://www.npca.org/articles/832-background-the-economics-of-national-parks

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