Recent content by Umbran

It feels good to cut someone else's programs.

I cannot speak to anyone here. But, in my experience, out on the rest of the internet, the folks who argue we should solve our problems on Earth first also usually argue against spending money to solve our problems here on Earth.

Dude, it was a simple request for information. I'm not your enemy. I'll ignore the snark. But, science isn't where each person starts from scratch, and re-invents the wheel on their own. It is a practice of taking someone else's work, verifying it, and then moving forward from there. In...

I will dig that up for you when I am not on my phone. I wasn't looking for your University, specifically. I was looking for information on what was being considered part of the budget being applied for the comparison, and how the boost was measured. What you may not realize is that I am a...

Look, folks, NASA is 0.35% of the Federal budget. A fractuon of one percent. You can't solve major world problems by scraping funds out of NASA. Plus, as previously noted, NASA is a net positive, economically. It pays for itself a couple times over, creates jobs, and all that. Cutting it...

Your source, please?

Mod note: Folks, so you are aware, passive-aggressive or indirect commentary on moderation in-thread is still commentary on moderation in-thread. It is often good for a warning point and a threadban. So, please refrain from following this example.

Note that much of the return from NASA isn't directly from the work, but from the materials and engineering problems solved in the process that can then be used in the private sector. Crewed flight presents more problems, and so spins off more tech.

Not broken down between manned and unmanned projects, but in 2023, NASA had a budget of about $25 billion. In that year, NASA generated a $75 billion boost to the economy. Threefold return on investment seems pretty good to me.

And, in the retail side, it is apparently used to support surveillance pricing, which generally isn't to the consumer's benefit. Kudos to the charities for finding that approach, but for crying out loud we can do better than be reliant on corporate waste to feed people. That's dystopian stuff...

Mod note: One wonders why you felt that making this personal was appropriate. Folks with a dozen warnings on their accounts should take more care than this to avoid moderator attention. This may easily become a discussion about whether your posts are worth the grief and disruption they cause...

Read the book a while back. Been told the movie is good, but haven't seen it yet. Stopped in to mention that Weir apparently said some dumb stuff, and is catching flak for it. Good times. 🤷‍♂️

Star Trek, Original Series reruns Doctor Who, classic reruns on PBS (Somehow, I think the fact that these were reruns made a difference) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark In Search Of... Star Wars was cool, but I think less formative.

I am not ignoring context. I am adding context that I feel is both relevant, and not cleanly dismissible, and have given some reasons why I feel that's the case on this particular topic. I don't see that reading it as a general argument is supported by my text. If you don't like it, you're...

Why do you ask?