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NASA To Face $1.3 Billion Cut Next Year Under Sequestration

Posted by samzenpus on from the more-for-less dept.

littlesparkvt writes "A budget forecast that was released on Friday shows that the defense department isn't the only department getting hammered: NASA is as well, if the automatic budget cuts happen. According to Nature magazine, NASA will lose '$417 million from its science budget, $346 for space operations, $309 for exploration, $246 for cross agency support, among other cuts.'"

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  1. Non-workers need their government checks by Kohath · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, so? Get used to it. The entire budget will eventually be taken up to write checks for retirees, SNAP (a.k.a food stamp) recipients, Medicaid recipients, people on "disability", TANF (a.k.a. welfare) recipients, grant recipients, corporate subsidy recipients, and everyone else who takes out rather than paying in.

    You want the government to do anything else, then figure out how to start saying "No" to people with their hands out.