r/whatisit • u/Wide-Mode-6593 • 1d ago

New, what is it? What's tf is in the sky?? FL

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u/HabituallyHopefull 1d ago

I'd rather have Healthcare and government that isn't actively killing its citizens.

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u/GreatAffect9454 1d ago

Every dollar into NASA has roughly added $3 to over $7 in direct economic output for the U.S.A.

I am with you, healthcare is a main issue that needs addressed badly. Yet, so too is NASA. The U.S should invest more into NASA than it does into its ridiculously over budgeted military.

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u/EmilyAndCat 1d ago

They massively reduced NASA funding too though 😩

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u/thepangalactic 1d ago

As someone who was laid off from NASA after the DOGE bullshit, believe me when I say I feel this. I hate what they've done to my beloved agency.

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u/Unusual-Formal-6802 1d ago

Were you able to reapply to all these new openings? KSC just hired 2000 people.

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u/thepangalactic 1d ago

I just submitted for new roles for a posting that closed today. Fingers crossed. As much as I hate what he's done to the agency, I still want to go back and keep making science happen.

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u/Iamlizardhearnepurr 15h ago

Good for you. Get us to mars !!!

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u/FickleGuard5316 6h ago

You are mistaking NASA with Space X. Elon has almost made NASA obsolete

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u/Any_Annual8096 19h ago

Handled correctly absolutely not. But isn’t that like saying “my boss was stealing so I got punished so fu k the cop who found out”

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u/thepangalactic 18h ago

Are you kidding? DOGE was not cleaning up any wrongdoing. It was just a grift on grift.