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Obama's 2016 NASA Budget Status Quo, Funds Europa Mission

Posted by samzenpus on from the paying-bills dept.

MarkWhittington writes The Washington Post reported that the NASA portion of the president's 2016 budget proposal is basically status quo though it does provide further funding for a mission to Europa. A Europa probe is near and dear to the new chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee that funds NASA, Rep. John Culberson. However, the $18.5 billion budget proposal also funds the asteroid redirect mission, which has come under increasing fire from both Congress and the scientific community. The Houston Chronicle suggested that the final spending bill will be considerably different once congressional Republicans get through with it.

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  1. Europa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But I was told not to attempt any landings there

    1. Re:Europa by TWX · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Probably because there are people that are into things that you're not into?

      Life would be incredibly dull if we were all into only the same things.

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      Do not look into laser with remaining eye.
    2. Re:Europa by Grishnakh · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hello from 2015!!! I see you are a time-traveler from the year 2034 (since the movie "2010" starring Roy Scheider came out in 1984), or have somehow discovered a rift in the space-time continuum by which you can communicate with the past. Can you please tell us about life in 2034 and what mistakes we can avoid?

  2. Europa by Zalbik · · Score: 4, Funny

    Europa?!?!

    Well that's it, we're doomed.

    Thanks Obama

  3. Too early to be discussing the contents by jandrese · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The budget that Obama submitted is basically a fantasy novel with lots of boring numbers in it. The House and Senate are going to shitcan it the instant it lands in their hands so they can pass their own budget instead. It's not even worth talking about the budget because it has absolutely nothing to do with whatever finally makes it through Congress.

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  4. it'll get slashed in half as usual by ihtoit · · Score: 4, Interesting

    while the military spend of the US clears $800Bn - making it yet again the single largest military spender in history, outspending every other nation combined.

    BTW when an increase doesn't keep pace with inflation + the CPI over the same period (which 5% doesn't, and providing that 5% counts annually it's short by about 0.2 for 2013/12-2014/12), then it's a cut.

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  5. Re:More tax dollars up in smoke. by Grishnakh · · Score: 5, Informative

    You're an idiot. Who do you think built the rockets that got men to the Moon? Hint: it wasn't NASA or the government, it was a company called Rocketdyne.

    Today's private spaceflight companies like Orbital Sciences and SpaceX are mostly doing the same thing: they're vying for government contracts for things like ISS resupply missions (in addition to commercial contracts for satellite launches; they didn't have commercial communications or other satellites back in the 60s).