HideousMonkeyCrap
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Mar 22, 2017 5:30 AM
HideousMonkeyCrap
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rouverius
*The history of American space flight.* After the Apollo/Skylab programs, NASA's percent of the Federal Budget typically never breaks 1%.
BojackTheHorsemanDontActLikeYouDontKnow
NASA is very involved in the military industrial complex. http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB509/
Salmivalli
NASA should suggest a war agains aliens.
noyouratowel
Since the end of the space race really
AccountCreatedToUpvoteDogs
The Redstone, Atlas, and Titan rockets (pre-Apollo launches) were all military rockets repurposed by Von Braun.
Schtalin
Most technologies we take for granted today are re-purposed military projects. The internet, Computers, Fleshlights...
hadji
Recently? Are you high, are just too young to have noticed the past yet?
HideousMonkeyCrap
I was referring to the past few decades.
educationalposts
Didn't NASA just get funding?
neithermenoryou
They still cut funding on other, more interesting NASA projects
NATA5
$400 million more than estimated I believe.
ihavetwosnakes
But Trump Bad. Money Bad. Wealthy People Bad.
GoodMorrowImgur
Accurate description of US economic situation
CheeseburgertheSinister
Even stopped clocks are right twice a day.
CigaretteMan
I mean, they didn't cut their funding, if that's what you mean
IHAVENIPPLES
Funding was cut in the budget a few missions has to be put on hold and then yesterday Trump did a executive action to fund Mars missions -1/
nanyatenyaa
They cut certain parts and reallocated the rest... but hey fuck it. Nasa only shares their wealth of inventions and findings with us...
IHAVENIPPLES
Which is a public perception stunt to try and boost his miserable approval numbers 2/2
TheBlueMorpho
Like today!
DeadlyEnzyme
Realistically if we want to stay the economic powerhouse we are (USA) we need to seriously fund NASA (space mining)
Redbrickadam
Right space mining, this new concept for a space miner will put us on top.
DeadlyEnzyme
Thattl cost many trillions of dollars. So we need space mining. And then we own the galaxy
TheBlueMorpho
I'm ok with this, and the wall. Cut spending everywhere else
DeadlyEnzyme
The wall is. An interesting idea. It reflects the job making projects of the Great Depression so it may work. However I think funding NASA-
DeadlyEnzyme
Will make the idea of funding cuts obsolete. Just with the amount of revenue that will eventually be brought in