Supposedly, the Senate Launch System boondoggle is being killed, but not until 2027, by which time the Artemis III moon landing is supposed to happen. Since Artemis II (manned flight around the moon) has been delayed again, that's unlikely.
Ninth Space-X Starship/Super Heavy launch some time this month.
The ones who would have actually put the brakes on this are already trying to do that without your call. The ones who don’t care will ignore your call. Tellingly everything has fallen on party lines aside from maybe 1 or 2 republicans who realize they can deviate and save a little shame but never enough of them to affect the overall vote.
> No. Let's first feed the homeless and struggling, and fix the crisis that are affecting ordinary people.
I may be wrong, but it's not money that's the problem; there's plenty of money. (I would also point out the NASA budget is a miniscule spec of dust compared to the total budget.)
It seems to me the problem is organization and politics - actually doing the right things to address these problems.
It's like, say, Microsoft. They can't run a successful project to save their lives. This is an organizational and cultural problem. Large organization, lots of politics, enough money that success or failure is not critical to survival.
> Governments should have been able to do that up until now. Instead the government has been shipping money overseas and spending it on foreigners for far too long.
Just want to point out that there is also the health factor to homeless people, specifically brain damage from substance abuse. Once the brain is damaged to a certain degree it can’t be recovered and there is little to no help for that person.
Most importantly is to catch people falling into homelessness and prevent extensive drug abuse in general.
Article 1, Section 8 of the constitution says that congress, in addition to having the power to raise taxes and borrow and regulating commerce, is charged "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts." This is listed before their ability to declare war and fund the military. And listed before their ability to make law.
Art and science funding is listed before funding the military and law making as a responsibility of congress. That was written in that order intentionally.
The administration is cutting public services so they can say there’s enough of a budget surplus to cut taxes, especially on the top end. If you look at the current bill being assembled, the cuts are targeted at the kind of programs you’re talking about, cutting things like Medicaid and SNAP to lower taxes with most of the benefits going to the higher tax brackets.
The proposed cuts to science are catastrophic, but there’s still time to call your Congressperson.
https://aas.org/posts/news/2025/05/week-of-action