this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2023
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

'unaffordable' is a twisted way of saying 'we won't fund it'

Keep that pie chart of the US military funding relative to everything else in mind when reading titles like these.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

๐Ÿค” A lot of money is going into the Space Force, too. And they launched and orbited that X-37B thing a few years ago. Do you remember that?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ah yes space imperialism

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my personal life, I've fucked up big on some budgets and just decided to send it. At this point, fuck it, let's get some astronaughts to the moon.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I feel you. We are knee-deep in "fuck it" territory, and in terms of achievements, fuck-it territory is best territory