• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Ask the military industrial complex. Too much good applicable science and tech comes from space exploration.

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      4 months ago

      Not really.

      The NASA budget has been slashed for decades on a row and is currently a tiny amount compared to what it was before. That they still manage to do what they do is half a miracle in on itself.

      It’s so bad that a 3 percent of the military budget given to NASA would double it’s budget instantly.

      With that in mind, I would put this on the military industrial complex