• @[email protected]
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      2411 months ago

      That’s actually surprising that NASA only has 50% more budget than a single particle accelerator, given the huge number of cutting edge projects NASA is working on.

    • @psycho_driver
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      2011 months ago

      Money spent fighting a morally justifiable war with Russia that we aren’t actually having to fight is money well spent IMO.

    • @daellat
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      1111 months ago

      They have mostly given stuff they weren’t going to use anymore worth that amount when bought new.

    • @psmgx
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      811 months ago

      How many people has the moon killed? Cuz Russia has killed tens of thousands. They’ve lost on the order of 250k of their own guys, and probably inflicted roughly the same numbers on the AFU.

      The moon doesn’t kill old ladies sitting in their apartment.

    • @[email protected]
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      511 months ago

      This initial budget estimate is 44x the 500M initial estimate of the jwst for comparison. Jwst eventually ballooned to 20B, but I’m guessing this would similarly balloon over time as well.