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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone posted an ARS technica article a few days ago and said trump wants to cut NASAs budget by 20%.  [/quote]

Why though? I really don't get any of this. It's just destruction for the sake of destruction. This isn't saving any money. It's a tiny portion of government spending.

Overall government spending is up anyway and the tax cuts will make the deficit worse and the tariff shenanigans and trashing of America's reputation will lead to higher interest rates, which will, in turn, make the debt and deficit worse.[/quote]

NASA doesn’t even seem to be building anything on its own anymore without relying on the private sector. Nearly every major rocket or mission now involves companies like SpaceX, Boeing, or Northrop. Cutting NASA’s budget sucks, yeah — but let’s not pretend they’re still the ones doing the heavy lifting. The private sector is where the real innovation and hardware are coming from these days.[/quote]

You are just talking about the large manned missions, which are always built by large defense contractors. Satern Vs were built by Boeing and Douglas.  Goddard has built satellites and advanced sensors. NASA is about identifying the problem and defining requirements on what the contractor should build. The companies you listed have probably zero planetary or earth scientists, just a bunch of engineers keyed to build strictly to requirements.

Manned space flight is moving to a commercial future, it probably shouldn’t belong to NASA anymore. It’s a solved problem and just refining the technology. [/quote]

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