☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoAmerica’s Artemis III moon landing plan slips while China’s rival program is moving at speed without significant failures or delaysasiatimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10cross-posted to: space@lemmygrad.mlspace
arrow-up169arrow-down1external-linkAmerica’s Artemis III moon landing plan slips while China’s rival program is moving at speed without significant failures or delaysasiatimes.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: space@lemmygrad.mlspace
minus-squarethethirdgracchi [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoApproximately $16 billion USD per year apparently. For comparison looks like the United States’ budget is ~$70 billion. Per here: https://www.statista.com/statistics/745717/global-governmental-spending-on-space-programs-leading-countries/
minus-squareFunkYankkkees [they/them, pup/pup's]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·2 months agoAmazing how far you can make a budget go when you aren’t making sure a bunch of scumbags can get richer from a government contract
Approximately $16 billion USD per year apparently. For comparison looks like the United States’ budget is ~$70 billion. Per here: https://www.statista.com/statistics/745717/global-governmental-spending-on-space-programs-leading-countries/
Amazing how far you can make a budget go when you aren’t making sure a bunch of scumbags can get richer from a government contract