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[–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

He, and the GOP controlled congress, successfully cut budget for NASA an laid of tons of its staff, and he also insisted on launching new moon missions which currently isn't even viable and Artemis II is nothing but a little airshow as they make a loop around in a big circle before returning.

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  • [–] 21 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    https://www.commerce.senate.gov/press/dem/release/science-survives-existential-threat-from-trump-budget-as-senate-rejects-gutting-nasa-nsf-nist/

    https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R43419

    https://ourplnt.com/budget-of-nasa-year-by-year/

    Don't get me wrong. I still haven't found a more wretched hive of scum and villainy than the GOP. It's more likely that Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Airbus, et. al. reminded then who's writing the checks to PACs.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program

    The Artemis program infrastructure is mostly stuff advanced by Obama and Biden era Congresses and Administrations.

    The loop is a well precedented procedure for testing components that have not been used for a mission before. They did the same for the Apollo program.

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