NASA Chandra situation

[darthgently]

Well, crap.  Chandra up for cancelation?  The justification is suspect

 

Edited March 14 by darthgently

[StrandedonEarth]

Well, if government would up their budget, but *politics*

[tater]

6 minutes ago, StrandedonEarth said:

Well, if government would up their budget, but *politics*

The bulk of the money is spent on things like SLS/Orion/ISS (the latter actually at least doing stuff).  SLS has the sort of money Chandra needs in under the seat cushions.

[darthgently]

7 minutes ago, tater said:

The bulk of the money is spent on things like SLS/Orion/ISS (the latter actually at least doing stuff).  SLS has the sort of money Chandra needs in under the seat cushions.

Chandra at $60M for a year is 1/1000th of what was sent by the US into a war zone because of belligerent activity.  This is why we can't have nice things

Edited March 14 by darthgently

[tater]

53 minutes ago, darthgently said:

Chandra at $60M for a year is 1/1000th of what was sent by the US into a war zone because of belligerent activity.  This is why we can't have nice things

8.64 minutes of current deficit spending.

[kerbiloid]

8 hours ago, tater said:

SLS/Orion/ISS (the latter actually at least doing stuff)

The former are doing staff, lol.

[DDE]

On 3/14/2024 at 2:11 PM, darthgently said:

The justification is suspect

 

Given that Bezos is on the march against SpaceX starting about mid-February and word of ULA acquisition, I don't expect him to be stopped here either.

Edited March 15 by DDE