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[-] cantstopthesignal@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

The US has given 4 times that to Ukraine. That's 2/3rds the budget of NASA.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 25 points 1 year 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.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is one-time vs recurring payment

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

That's why I compared it to 44x the initial jwst budget

[-] psycho_driver@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

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

[-] daellat@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

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

[-] psmgx@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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.

[-] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year 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.

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