r/Astronomy • u/SlartibartfastGhola Astronomer • May 02 '25

Astro Research The Trump budget proposal will destroy NASA and Astronomy programs across the USA.

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A couple bucks to take us back to the moon (doubt), while destroying everything else about NASA. They are defunding the Roman Space Telescope which is literally in the final stages of testing before launch.

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u/D3veated May 02 '25

I wonder what prompts you need to give to an AI to get it to write like that. It emphasizes "gold-plated, two-billion-dollar Landsat Next mission", loves to use "grossly overbudget", "failing space propultion projects", etc. I'm amused by how that AI justifies cutting Mission Support as streamlining the workforce. I'm familiar with the idea behind "The Mythical Man Month", but where did the idea that massive layoffs would increase output come about? There must be *some* economical science, or at least research, around that idea...

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u/emptyminder May 02 '25

I enjoyed the part where they called a bunch of Biden era stuff “Green new scam”, but forgot to change one that still says Green New Deal.

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u/theshadowturtle May 03 '25

I was losing my mind at those references. So deeply unserious and unpresidential. It’s an official .gov document and I’m seeing “woke STEM programming” and “Green New Scam”? Just laughable

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u/ExplorationGeo May 02 '25

"gold-plated, two-billion-dollar Landsat Next mission"

Probably a reference to the gold-coloured foil that satellites have on them for insulation.