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fsh
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Why Not Mars
Usually governments have some kind of plan how much they want to spend on science. A big, but ultimately useless project can kill the funding for a lot of other research.
inamberclad
on Jan 2, 2023
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Yes, but this is NASA's flagship mission. It's inevitably going to get special treatment from congress.
fsh
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Still it means that other more useful research will likely not get funded by congress. These big hype projects can do a lot of harm for everyone else.
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