Fortunately the US system of government is weird and the executive branch doesn't set the budget. This is a proposal to Congress so time will tell whether it happens.
Incredibly damaging to make deep cuts that wouldn't even allow an agency to mothball assets and keep on the best staff.
absurd reactionary things which are mostly inconsequential
Unfortunately there is not a clear demarcation and I don't see much value in trying to seperate them
Yesterday's steamer calling for fascism is tomorrow's US political leader, and the absurb reactionary things being posted will be used to justify crimes against humanity
The only thing I care less about than whether something is directly consequential or indirectly and possibly not consequential is the allocation of those posts to two seperate communities created because of some bizarre mod clique about shit that doesn't matter (not the name, which matters in a symbolic way, but having two communities)
And now I should disengage because I've written too much about something I ostensibly don't care about
Yeah it's a stupid community title, you reckon the gossip one is better?
Is there any evidence of educational benefit? I don't think there is (still put it on though)
I don't doubt this is AI generated but honestly in any journal article, every one in five citations will be inappropriate.
they're completely dead, did you not see the pictures?
(They were evacuated in advance)
maybe you can get hired by the PRC to balance their budgets
Maybe you can join a reading group here before using some thought terminating cliche like "balance budgets".
in 2023 the total healthcare cost in China was 1,249,253,919,000.00 USD compare that to around 11-14 billion in Cuba.
This is the same amount per person.
I think you've defaulted to defensiveness because AES are often attacked by leftcoms but that's not necessary here
Yeah it should be a lot fucking easier to do as China than Cuba, they can barely import enough fuel to keep the lights on
I reread the article, I reckon it's about satellites in general deorbiting faster to avoid a Kessler syndrome scenario
Sean Elvidge at the University of Birmingham, UK, says this effect could benefit satellite operators like SpaceX by removing dead satellites from orbit more quickly that could otherwise pose a danger to other satellites. “It’s speeding up that process,” he says. However, it could limit our ability to operate satellites in orbits below 400 kilometres, known as very low Earth orbit. “It shows that could be challenging,” he says.
this is beneficial to SpaceX as it means the end of life satellites will re-enter faster, getting them out of the way for their replacements
They can deorbit them at any time though?
wow almost half a single percent of China's annual national income