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NASA has a huge number of exciting proposals, but can only fund a handful of them per decade. I thought the end of the Shuttle would free up money for robotic e
by peter303 12y ago
NASA has a huge number of exciting proposals, but can only fund a handful of them per decade.
I thought the end of the Shuttle would free up money for robotic exploration. But science and manned exploration are separate budgets.
- bunderbunder 12y agoAnd they probably should be. Otherwise NASA's money for science would end up being sacrificed as a burnt offering to executive and congressional diddling, too. The spend on manned exploration expands to consume all available space. Case in point: http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/12/15/nasas-349-million-monument-to-its-drift/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/national/2014/12/15/nasas-3...