I work on one of these telescopes. Got the news today thay they're trying to close Goddard, and the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope, and basically all Earth observing satellite work. It would completely upend our ability to predict 7 day weather, extreme weather events like hurricanes, and make science basically inaccessible from space. I'm surprised they aren't moving the funding over to SpaceX entirely.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 74 points 2 months ago (9 children)

It’s fucking heartbreaking to see, as an astronomy and astrophysics enthusiast.

At the same time, I hope that the loss in weather prediction capabilities leads to catastrophic damage to Mar a Lago and as many other of his properties as possible. And I admit that there’s a part of me that’s quite gleeful at the prospect of the maga-leaning parts of the country getting absolutely fucked by unexpected weather phenomena that will escalate in frequency and severity. Maybe it’ll render a bunch of those voters… unable to vote going forward, if you get my drift.

[–] MonkeMischief 4 points 2 months ago

Some of them already think weather is a Democrat conspiracy .

It'd be both amazing and unsurprising to watch them not connect the cause-and-effect here.

It's truly incredible how many times that cult can blow off its own feet and refuse to take accountability for it.

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