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> NASA's budget has been strangled for decades now It’s higher than it was in the 70s and has remained pretty constant since then trending upward (when adjusti
by jjcon 6y ago
> NASA's budget has been strangled for decades now
It’s higher than it was in the 70s and has remained pretty constant since then trending upward (when adjusting for inflation)
http://static1.squarespace.com/static/500caca8e4b0e4a25027aa89/t/55fb0596e4b08bcd43b186a3/1442514329598/ http://static1.squarespace.com/static/500caca8e4b0e4a25027aa...
- mkl 6y agoYes. But in another way to look at it, as a percentage of the US federal budget, in 2017 and 2019 it was the lowest it's been since 1959. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA
- jjcon 6y agoAs there continue to be more and more federal programs that will pretty much be the case for any individual portion of the federal budget - smaller proportionally but larger over all - so that really doesn’t say anything