• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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      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.

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      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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      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.