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Outreach 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
by HarryHirsch 14y ago
Outreach 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