I’ll be sure to grab my fainting couch when it happens.
ToeSniffer245 on
Huge missed opportunity if they don’t name it Jamestown
XI_Vanquish_IX on
Or as the rich will call it, “Plan B”
Kid_A_Kid on
I love how nasa is able to build a moon base for 20 billion but 20 billion to the dept of war is like a couple fighter jets and some missiles
theheadofkhartoum627 on
Probably want to terraform it first..
lincruste on
I think they forgot a zero in that budget.
DaySecure7642 on
The real 51th state of the United States. The moon is like the space version of Hawaii.
Moosyfate17 on
Hey, you guys have Healthcare yet?
SuspiciousCantelope on
That costs like 20 days worth of the Iran war!
TheGreatPiata on
China has also planned a moon base at the South Pole, albeit with a less aggressive timeline.
I guess we have another space race?
Lets hope America will actually fund it.
Shakeamutt on
With a base on the moon, I hope that encourages less satellite congestion in orbit.
stevenriley1 on
And since we’ve never built a moon base, that will be a built-in excuse for why it cost 20 trillion instead of 20 billion.
whoisnotinmykitchen on
Cheap! That’s like Trump attacking Iran for a couple of weeks cheap!
Rackemup on
It’s $20 billion over seven years.
So it’s $20B to slowly spend on feasibility studies and design plans.
gofl-zimbard-37 on
Is there any serious scientific or other value in this? Or is it being politically driven. What is it that they hope to achieve long term? I’m not throwing shade here, just curious. It seems like remote exploration gives much more bang for the buck.
Glittering_Cell_3066 on
They selling tickets yet? Can we move off this fucking shithole now? Wait…are they bringing ICE? Not the cold kind? That’s a deal breaker.
Ozatopcascades on
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
(So are the anonymous offshore accounts of the no-bid contracts.)
RedofPaw on
Hey, that’s like 10% of an Iran war!
TheRealDrSarcasmo on
I was born a little too late to remember Apollo.
My childhood and adulthood has been filled with NASA’s plans for lunar bases and manned Mars landings.
At this point, I don’t give a shit until hardware is in orbit.
_Valkoris_ on
Didn’t I just hear the US is insolvent? Hopes and dreams won’t pay for this endeavor.
Carameldelighting on
The military is asking for 10x this amount to kill civilians in Iran surely NASA will get this funding right? /s
Proper_Cartoonist169 on
In best tradition of current administration of following Russia, nothing will be built, and funds will be stolen.
AppendixN on
To put this in perspective, that’s the cost of two days of the Iran War.
B0b_Howard on
$20 billion?
That’s just over 2 weeks of kicking Iran.
Surely it would be better spent by NASA than the orange buffoon on his perceived vendetta.
G2Geeksy on
Trillions for AI mocking slop birds to give you search engine results.
A few Billion for one of the first structures Mankind ever puts on in a new “world” (natural satellite) that will be present throughout the entirety of our history.
w t f
True_Destroyer on
Would a several dozen km long mass driver here on Earth that ends on a slope of some mountain near equator be useful for such plans? But that would require international cooperation at a huge scale, not sure if we’re ready for that yet.
gimmeslack12 on
$20B sounds dramatically too little. If this thing ever happens (which I highly doubt it will). It easily be in hundreds of billions.
DRUNK_SALVY_PEREZ on
How the hell does that only cost $20 billion but a football stadium can cost $4 billion…. On earth.
Striker40k on
Not to be cynical, but this is a trillion+ dollar project. I don’t trust the current administration to get this done, they will just give no bid contracts to Musk and Bezos and then the money will just dry up. We should be doing this as part of an international team.
pirategirljess on
A moonbase is cheaper then a military excursion into IRAN. Less deaths, too.
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I’ll be sure to grab my fainting couch when it happens.
Huge missed opportunity if they don’t name it Jamestown
Or as the rich will call it, “Plan B”
I love how nasa is able to build a moon base for 20 billion but 20 billion to the dept of war is like a couple fighter jets and some missiles
Probably want to terraform it first..
I think they forgot a zero in that budget.
The real 51th state of the United States. The moon is like the space version of Hawaii.
Hey, you guys have Healthcare yet?
That costs like 20 days worth of the Iran war!
China has also planned a moon base at the South Pole, albeit with a less aggressive timeline.
I guess we have another space race?
Lets hope America will actually fund it.
With a base on the moon, I hope that encourages less satellite congestion in orbit.
And since we’ve never built a moon base, that will be a built-in excuse for why it cost 20 trillion instead of 20 billion.
Cheap! That’s like Trump attacking Iran for a couple of weeks cheap!
It’s $20 billion over seven years.
So it’s $20B to slowly spend on feasibility studies and design plans.
Is there any serious scientific or other value in this? Or is it being politically driven. What is it that they hope to achieve long term? I’m not throwing shade here, just curious. It seems like remote exploration gives much more bang for the buck.
They selling tickets yet? Can we move off this fucking shithole now? Wait…are they bringing ICE? Not the cold kind? That’s a deal breaker.
The Moon is a Harsh Mistress.
(So are the anonymous offshore accounts of the no-bid contracts.)
Hey, that’s like 10% of an Iran war!
I was born a little too late to remember Apollo.
My childhood and adulthood has been filled with NASA’s plans for lunar bases and manned Mars landings.
At this point, I don’t give a shit until hardware is in orbit.
Didn’t I just hear the US is insolvent? Hopes and dreams won’t pay for this endeavor.
The military is asking for 10x this amount to kill civilians in Iran surely NASA will get this funding right? /s
In best tradition of current administration of following Russia, nothing will be built, and funds will be stolen.
To put this in perspective, that’s the cost of two days of the Iran War.
$20 billion?
That’s just over 2 weeks of kicking Iran.
Surely it would be better spent by NASA than the orange buffoon on his perceived vendetta.
Trillions for AI mocking slop birds to give you search engine results.
A few Billion for one of the first structures Mankind ever puts on in a new “world” (natural satellite) that will be present throughout the entirety of our history.
w t f
Would a several dozen km long mass driver here on Earth that ends on a slope of some mountain near equator be useful for such plans? But that would require international cooperation at a huge scale, not sure if we’re ready for that yet.
$20B sounds dramatically too little. If this thing ever happens (which I highly doubt it will). It easily be in hundreds of billions.
How the hell does that only cost $20 billion but a football stadium can cost $4 billion…. On earth.
Not to be cynical, but this is a trillion+ dollar project. I don’t trust the current administration to get this done, they will just give no bid contracts to Musk and Bezos and then the money will just dry up. We should be doing this as part of an international team.
A moonbase is cheaper then a military excursion into IRAN. Less deaths, too.