• Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    America, fast going backwards, has today reached 1969 1968, assuming that this mission succeeds.

    (Edit: this is not even a moon landing so more Apolo 8 than Apolo 11).

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      2 months ago

      A truly pointless waste of money. This is what we did with all the cancer research money cut from NIH.

      While Whitey’s on the moon.

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        2 months ago

        Terrible take. A lot of what we know in science is due to NASA research. NASA is <0.5% of the federal budget. There are plenty of egregious things we are wasting money on to be upset about - this is not one of them.

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          2 months ago

          NASA is <0.5% of the federal budget

          that’s <0.5% more than cancer research.

          A lot of what we know in science is due to NASA research

          Someone not in STEM would say this. NASA has some important projects, this is not one of them.

          Sending up this rocket accomplishes NOTHING. This is an idiot project based on moon colony fantasy and a way to shovel more tax $ to Elon Musk and SpaceX while people clap and holler like idiots.

          This poem from 1970 illustrates exactly how far the US has progressed in 55 years:

          A rat done bit my sister Nell.

          (with Whitey on the Moon)

          Her face and arms began to swell.

          (and Whitey’s on the Moon)

          I can’t pay no doctor bill.

          (but Whitey’s on the Moon)

          Ten years from now I’ll be paying still.

          (while Whitey’s on the Moon)

          Except we can update 10 years to 20 years.

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            2 months ago

            Someone not in STEM would say this

            So you then? Because anyone who has to work with grants to fund their research knows this isn’t how this works at all. Lmao go back to Reddit.

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        2 months ago

        Right, it’s definitely this and not the 200 billion dollar budget of ICE, or all the resources going towards the war in Iran right now.