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Yea that's practically nothing, even accounting for your population. It's $2/person compared to NASA's pre-cut budget of about $80/person/year. Where are all th
by foxglacier 1y ago
Yea that's practically nothing, even accounting for your population. It's $2/person compared to NASA's pre-cut budget of about $80/person/year. Where are all these other countries that might pick up the slack? Seems nobody else in the world wants to pay for science. They might complain about American science funding cuts but are happy to keep their already tiny science budgets tiny.
Norway's overall science budget is $1 billion per year, or $200/person/year. US's was $200 billion/year or $600/person/year. So Norway isn't really pulling its weight.
- magicalhippo 1y agoWhere did you get that $1 billion figure from? From what I can see[1][2], it's more like $4.6 billion? In that case it would be more like $920/person/year. [1]: https://www.fpol.no/det-norske-statsbudsjettet-2025-gir-en-nedgang-i-bevilgningene-til-fou/ https://www.fpol.no/det-norske-statsbudsjettet-2025-gir-en-n... [2]: https://nifu.brage.unit.no/nifu-xmlui/handle/11250/3166076 https://nifu.brage.unit.no/nifu-xmlui/handle/11250/3166076 (second page, first section)
- foxglacier 1y agoI've lost it now, some site said 10 billion NOKs. Maybe it's classified in different ways. Either way, Norway is spending more on science than typical countries. Surprising if it's more per capita than the US though.
- magicalhippo 1y ago> Maybe it's classified in different ways. This was my leading thought as well. > Surprising if it's more per capita than the US though. Well we do have these pipes in the ocean that spew money... Our oil fund is currently contributing 25% of the national budget, despite being below the somewhat stringent self-imposed spending rule[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_budgetary_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_budgetary_rule