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Money spent on NASA is not a boondoggle. Much of the money goes to paying talented scientists and engineers well. Their R&D is vital to our economy. You may be
by mcdonje 4y ago
Money spent on NASA is not a boondoggle. Much of the money goes to paying talented scientists and engineers well. Their R&D is vital to our economy.
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- dantheman 4y agoBuilding a rocket that is hard to launch and costs a fortune is a boondoggle. Talented scientists and engineers can waste their time building the wrong thing.
- mcdonje 4y agoWhat other current rocket system matches the specs of the SLS, or has the same goals? The only thing comparable is Starship, which isn't ready yet. There are legitimate complaints to be made about things like cost plus accounting, but the project itself isn't a boondoggle. Like, the people who greenlit it aren't idiots. If you want to complain about boondoggles, look at the military.
- jovial_cavalier 4y agoIf all talented scientists and engineers do is work on boondoggles, maybe it is not so vital to pay them?
- mcdonje 4y agoWho is the boondoggle decider?
- jovial_cavalier 4y agoI'm just saying, you can't say "It's not a boondoggle because a lot of talented engineers got paid!" That's not, a priori, a good thing.
- thisisbrians 4y agoMuch of it goes to enrich contractors. Lockheed Martin as a usual suspect here, for example.