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What's Getting Cut From Science Part of the Federal Budget
Kristina at Science News writes "As part of the announcement of its proposed fiscal year 2010 budget, the Obama administration released a summary (called 'Terminations, Reductions, and Savings: Budget of the US Government, Fiscal Year 2010') that includes which science-related programs are getting cut. Two big programs are the nuclear waste storage project at Yucca Mountain in Nevada and a second prototype airborne laser missile-defense weapon." Update: 05/07 23:03 GMT by T : On the other hand, reader Dusty writes, "The NASA budget for 2010 has been announced, up
5% on 2009. Human space flight plans to be reviewed."
Even though it doesn't appear on the list, I have it on good authority that they are also researching a communications network technology based on a series of tubes...
Let's just pray that the Airborn Laser Missles don't come and attack Yucca Mountain. ... Again.
Your quoted section there makes me laugh. As if locating a nuclear waste storage facility "several hundred feet" from a fault line is completely safe.
Bob: "This looks like a good place, doesn't it Jim?"
Jim, checks map: "No, it says there's a fault right through here."
Bob, walks several hundred feet away, shouts: "How about here?"
Jim: "Perfect!"
What doesn't kill you only delays the inevitable
Wow, that's like me getting a pay raise of 20 cents a day.
Where can I view (in human-readable form) the whole fucking budget. All of it. I'll streamline that shit like a soft turd in a wind tunnel.
I'll do it for free, and in under a week, too.
Yes. But other industrial processes don't emit powerful radiation that can turn innocent people into mutated, mindless, brain eating hyperzombies. It's basic science!
May the Maths Be with you!