‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ would give Space Force a nearly $40 billion budget while cutting NASA science in half
Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ would give Space Force a nearly $40 billion budget
‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ would give Space Force a nearly $40 billion budget while cutting NASA science in half
Trump’s ‘One Big, Beautiful Bill’ would give Space Force a nearly $40 billion budget
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What if we just renamed nasa space force and didn’t tell them? I doubt anyone up there would know the difference. And space force sounds manly so they’d prolly go for it 🤯
Give up something much needed for something that should have never been considered in the first place.
Who do I write to to object to this?! This should be defense spending, not specifically for space force plus NASA is responsible for many of our creature comforts.
I am so fucking sick of this bullshit. Republicans disgusting disregard for science is going to set humanity back decades, and not just in the US. Trump has practically insured that we will never see a man land on another planet in any of our lifetimes. Fuck him and every single idiot that voted for him.
Wouldn’t it be funny if the Space Force gives it right back to NASA?
so the pentagon (which should really be the hexagon by now) is going to fail a bigger audit next time
That section of the bill was dictated by the american military industrial complex.
Like many, MANY, other actions taken by the current administration.
Bill is a joke and they know it. They dont even hide it anymore. That damn name says it all.
What is one ACTUAL achievement or useful thing that has been done by Space Force? I’m not being facetious either…I legitimately want to know. Have they done anything?
What’s more realistic in the next 5-10 years?
Military space warfare capabilities
Or
Humans colonizing the stars
We all know which will happen first. regardless of who is president, we must be ready for foreign military in space.
For reference, NASA’s budget last year was roughly $24 Billion and republicans want to cut it to $18.8 Billion to save money.
This same proposal also increases Spaceforce by an extra $11 Billion, and increases total defense spending by slightly over $113 Billion, with a total annual defense budget just under $1 Trillion ($962B).
Donnie Diaper needed his ass kicked more growing up
That 40 billion will go to a lot of pockets and space fart will never progress – all the while the agency that does do real space innovation will suffer…. Trump did that
Yes, lets cut food programs for kids and cut medicare for seniors so we can buy $2k toilets for space force! Brilliant idea Mr president!!🤦🏽
Sounds like they aren’t stopping research just shifting it all into the Space Force so the results can be twisted as per each administrations wishes. Definitely not a good thing, science should be public so anyone can advance the fields, not just corporate starfish suckers.
And who will end up with a lot of contracts through the DOD?
DOD plays by different procurement rules. There will be more corruption and less oversight so Trump’s space balls buds get more $$$
This is incorrect. The “Big, Beautiful Bill’ only gives supplemental funding to selected agencies. It is completely independent from the appropriations process that will decide what NASA’s science budget will be.
Space Farce. Make new agencies with no oversight, cut spending to existing agencies with existing oversight, profit.
Another 40 billion to spread out amongst them, nice.
Hire the nerds from nasa and give them a gun…space force…roll out!
when can i look forward to real life mobile suit gundam
What is Space Force going to do with $40B? Track more space debris? Put more GPS satellites into orbit?
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|[USAF](/r/Space/comments/1llebfg/stub/mzz1aos “Last usage”)|United States Air Force|
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Only things that can be weaponized really matter. You know this.
To be fair, while not a military organization as it’s primary mission, Starfleet does handle just about all logistics, exploration, communication, and defense throughout the Federation.
Just want to say every single person who has enthusiastically cheered for, and supported spacex is in many ways personally responsible for this.
I bet they’re going after 16 Psyche. $40 billion is a drop in the bucket compared to the worth of that asteroid.
Look money for Musk’s contracts. But guts for real government contracts
the country is controlled by a group of offensively rich sociopaths with a hard on for Empire and it’s just so stupid
Warmongers gotta warmonger. They’ll start telling their MAGA morons that China and Russian are gonna take over space.
What’s the point of finding aliens if we can’t do proper war with them?
You just KNOW that money isn’t going to be seeing much if any actual science work.
That money is going to be funneled straight to trumps wealthy friends. Guaranteed.
One day, when the aliens do stumble across this godforsaken planet, and all that will be left of our civilization is our big beautiful weapons stockpile. They’ll think our Gods were Lockheed, Martin, Grumman.
Gee, I wonder who could’ve called this exact thing happening way back when this bullshit military wing was created in the first place…
America is not a serious county. I can only hope that the EU is able to pick up the slack.
maybe I’m stupid, but isn’t NASA the guys who research the environment the Space Force will be fighting in? how can you fight effectively without knowledge of the terrain?
I’m sure Russia and China can see what the US is doing, weaponizing space. They will follow. We’ll probably have nuclear weapon platforms and intercept platforms in space in a relatively short time.
How will Space Force stay in the sky without NASA ?
Absolute fuckwittery, but not shocking from this kakistocracy.
But Trump will make billions from these cuts got it loll