Did NASA help save the world?

Goonie · Jun 30, 2018

https://amp.thisisinsider.com/nasa-...l-2018-6?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...tist-who-discovered-hole-in-ozone-layer-warns

At a time when Trumps administration is focusing NASA away from studying the one planet that we know has life(some possibly intelligent) because of those awkward environmental truths that get in the way of asset stripping the planet for profit(I’m not biased, except in regard to thinking clean air and drinkable water is a good thing)

I just thought about how NASA helped to confirm the hole in the ozone layer, and how rather than waving arms and doing nothing countries were able to work together to help alleviate the problem.

Saucy · Jun 30, 2018

You act like Obama didnt gut NASA

Goonie · Jun 30, 2018

Saucy said:
You act like Obama didnt gut NASA

It is an easy target for cuts, true. But where should what funds it has be targeted?

Saucy · Jun 30, 2018

I love astronomy and the study of space. I'd like to continue looking at getting a man to Mars. And the Space Force doesnt sound to far-fetched to me, as the bigger threat is an asteroid or comet headed our direction in the future and some type of defense would be worth the money.

Goonie · Jun 30, 2018

Saucy said:
I love astronomy and the study of space. I'd like to continue looking at getting a man to Mars. And the Space Force doesnt sound to far-fetched to me, as the bigger threat is an asteroid or comet headed our direction in the future and some type of defense would be worth the money.

The space force is nothing more an aim to accelerate the militarisation of space. It’s a big money pit. I agree on tracking asteroids, I think mars is a suicide mission, the future of space exploration is automated. But a core mission of NASA should be collecting data on the state of the one planet in the universe we know is inhabitable.

Ophiolite · Jun 30, 2018

Goonie said:
But a core mission of NASA should be collecting data on the state of the one planet in the universe we know is inhabitable.

I think, in line with your thesis, "presently" should be inserted in front of "inhabitable".

Gene2memE · Jun 30, 2018

Saucy said:
You act like Obama didnt gut NASA

That's because he didn't

NASA funding under Obama was basically static, at about .5% of US federal funding. NASA funding was a peak of $20.3 billion (inflation adjusted) during the Obama years, and a low of $17.2 billion with an average of about $18.6 billion p/a.

In comparison to his predecessors, NASA funding over the totality of the president's term was marginally lower under Bush, by about 3%, and marginally higher under Clinton, by about 7.5%.

So no, Obama didn't "gut" NASA. Funding improved during Obama's tenure, but only marginally - certainly not as much as I'd hoped it would.

Saucy · Jun 30, 2018

Yes, he did.

http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-b...ow-barack-obama-ruined-nasa-space-exploration

http://dailycaller.com/2016/10/10/obama-budget-cuts-have-changed-nasas-plan-to-go-to-mars/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...ould-cut-nasa-moon-plan-idUSTRE6101XF20100201

Goonie · Jun 30, 2018

Saucy said:
Yes, he did.

How Barack Obama ruined NASA space exploration

Obama Budget Cuts Have Changed NASA’s Plan To Go To Mars

Obama budget would cut NASA moon plan

From Reuters “The space agency’s budget would grow to $19 billion in 2011 under the proposed budget released on Monday, with an emphasis on science and less spent on space exploration.”. So he refocused NASA to science, than the far costlier space exploration, send people to mars. The fact is overall he did not but NASA but changed its focus.

Saucy · Jun 30, 2018

Overall, he canceled major projects already in the works. They stopped the shuttle program. So yes, he gutted NASA.

Radagast · Jun 30, 2018

Goonie said:
At a time when Trumps administration is focusing NASA away from studying the one planet that we know has life

Aren't many other agencies doing that?

AV1611VET · Jul 1, 2018

Goonie said:
I just thought about how NASA helped to confirm the hole in the ozone layer, and how rather than waving arms and doing nothing countries were able to work together to help alleviate the problem.

I think the term you're referring to is: crisis management.

Scientists start fires, then put them out, making themselves look efficacious.

TLK Valentine · Jul 1, 2018

Goonie said:
The space force is nothing more an aim to accelerate the militarisation of space. It’s a big money pit.

Ripe for kickbacks.

TLK Valentine · Jul 1, 2018

AV1611VET said:
I think the term you're referring to is: crisis management.

Scientists start fires, then put them out, making themselves look efficacious.

We should be more like the antiscience types, and do nothing ever. Got it.

Nithavela · Jul 2, 2018

Save the world? Nah.

Prevent a lot of human death and misery? Propably.

Good thing they're getting gutted, this way there's a far better chance for human extinction.

Did NASA help save the world?

Not so Mystic Mog.

Well-Known Member

Not so Mystic Mog.

Well-Known Member

Not so Mystic Mog.

Recalcitrant Procrastinating Ape

Newbie

Well-Known Member

Not so Mystic Mog.

Well-Known Member

comes and goes

SCIENCE CAN TAKE A HIKE

I've already read the books you want burned.

I've already read the books you want burned.

you're in charge you can do it just get louis

Similar threads

Privacy & Transparency

Privacy & Transparency