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From the article: the cuts are "hitting where it hurts: in education and outreach". Is that really where it hurts for NASA? What about space exploration and res
by Uhhrrr 14y ago
From the article: the cuts are "hitting where it hurts: in education and outreach". Is that really where it hurts for NASA? What about space exploration and research? Aren't those a little more important?
- nuclear_eclipse 14y agoWithout education and outreach, perhaps there won't be enough talented and engaged people to take part in designing, building, and operating the equiptment for space exploration?
- metric10 14y agoSure. The NASA Outreach Program. Teaching our kids how to design, build, and operate spaceships. Without it they're all going into liberal arts. Sorry, but I have a feeling education and science will survive the Sequestocalypse just fine. Although if we don't get the budget under control today, our kids won't have the money for space exploration in the future.
- HarryHirsch 14y agoOutreach is actually the most important part of NASA's budget - you must make a good case that it is a good idea to spend money on space research, and you must make the results available to the public. If you don't do the first bit there may not be more money in the future, politicians will put the cash elsewhere, and if you don't do the second part you have neglected your duty to the taxpaying public.
- Uhhrrr 14y agoBut if you don't do the 0th bit - shooting awesome rockets across the solar system and dropping rovers on distant planets* - lobbying would be useless. Do you really think this is debatable? What do you think NASA's outreach budget was in 1969? *and acting as cover for sending up military satellites, of course