[mewzilla]

Considering how much aid the US has given India over the years, Indian taxpayers likely didn’t pay for it anyway.

[Captain Walker]

I'm pretty sure that the Russians have been going to space for decades at a fraction of the cost that the US has incurred.

The Soviet/Russian space program never had the glitz or the glamour that ours did, but at the end of the day, theirs is still standing.

[sauropod]

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[1Old Pro]

What can you get from American government for seven million bucks a year? Nothing. That's a rounding error in the federal budget. In fact, it's more like a tenth of a rounding error. If you take seven million bucks and add another $270 million to it, you get the 2024 budget for the "Manufacturing Extension Partnership" - which "offers advisory services to small and medium enterprises".

Our government has too much of our money to waste. They could cut taxes by half and still be awash with enough funds to waste if they were smart enough to down size government by at least 40%.

[jcon40]

When the bulk of our money is spent on people and things that don’t produce anything tangible it’s no wonder we’re headed off the cliff.

Wishing the best for Mark’s health issues. What a great mind.

[sten]

indian STEM workers avg 25,000 rupees/mon or 300,000 rupees/yr

300,000 rupees/yr == USD$ 3612.00

these are science, tech. engineering, and medical workers.
these are not drooling idiots.

and they cost 1/5th the rate we pay for the toothless idiots in the typical American drive-thru

now imagine OUR STEM people... they average about $120k/yr or 40x more than those in india

THAT’S how they can do it cheaper.

their one project, $75m.
$75m * 40 == $3 billion

getting closer to the $24 billion for all of NASA

[minnesota_bound]

Imagine what the covid $280 billion that was stolen could have done for the space program?