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Well, the answers are simple. Congressmen and senators, and sometimes presidents (Orion was George W's baby), demand that NASA spend money on stupid shit that N
by salamanderman 2y ago
Well, the answers are simple. Congressmen and senators, and sometimes presidents (Orion was George W's baby), demand that NASA spend money on stupid shit that NASA doesn't actually want to spend money on, and also demands that NASA spend that money in specific districts around the country to maximize the dollars they claim they brought to their district while minimizing NASA's efficiency.
- yndoendo 2y agoIt is not just that. [0] New Horizons was almost scrapped by Gorge W because of JPL lobbyist that where trying to bloat the project. Where APL was dramatically below and checked all the boxes. It is also the lobbyist that push bloat to make more money. [0] https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasing-new-horizons-alan-stern/1127329941 https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/chasing-new-horizons-alan-s...