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re: New Photos of Jupiter taken by the Juno Spacecraft
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:40 am to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:40 am to TheCaterpillar
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We couldn't put a dent in our country's woes by stopping space exploration funding.
NASA represents like .5% of our federal budget. Welfare ALONE is over 12%.
While I support NASA, this kind of thought process is why the budget will never be corralled. NASA only gets 18 billion and it's only a drop in the bucket compared to social security, Medicare, and defense spending, but it's one of many drops that represents the 24% of the budget that isn't entitlements and defense. All of these departments that are too small to make a dent end up comprising nearly $1 trillion when the dust settles. If there is room to cut and be more efficient, it should happen regardless of the relative size of the department.
Anyway, cool pictures nonetheless.
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Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:41 am to slackster
Wow, the Muslims are really getting their space act together.
Posted on 3/30/17 at 9:43 am to slackster
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While I support NASA, this kind of thought process is why the budget will never be corralled. NASA only gets 18 billion and it's only a drop in the bucket compared to social security, Medicare, and defense spending, but it's one of many drops that represents the 24% of the budget that isn't entitlements and defense. All of these departments that are too small to make a dent end up comprising nearly $1 trillion when the dust settles. If there is room to cut and be more efficient, it should happen regardless of the relative size of the department.
Anyway, cool pictures nonetheless.
I agree with this, but NASA is not in the top 10 in terms of places we need to cut first, IMO.
This tune might change as space exploration is privatized more and puts for emphasis on exploration of the unknown.
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