Post AkOhX8e2qKqYwPiExE by foone@digipres.club
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 (DIR) Post #AkOgx1rmZGSdUdv612 by foone@digipres.club
       2024-07-28T18:12:46Z
       
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       Trying to convince my right wing relatives that NASA's budget cuts are a Russian plot to get rid of the ISS so they can relaunch Mir
       
 (DIR) Post #AkOh2B9tRnUZlBqZ28 by maxamillion@fosstodon.org
       2024-07-28T18:13:59Z
       
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       @foone to what end? 🤔
       
 (DIR) Post #AkOhP9L8NKbEmQ3eFs by thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
       2024-07-28T18:17:21Z
       
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       @foone They will activate their sleeper cosmonauts that are kept frozen in some obscure part of the ISS
       
 (DIR) Post #AkOhX8e2qKqYwPiExE by foone@digipres.club
       2024-07-28T18:17:53Z
       
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       @maxamillion to regain their national dominance of low earth orbit
       
 (DIR) Post #AkOitxds18VrQn4rJY by maxamillion@fosstodon.org
       2024-07-28T18:34:21Z
       
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       @foone +1
       
 (DIR) Post #AkOmBd0TmGLAVTli7c by smkellat@mastodon.social
       2024-07-28T19:11:08Z
       
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       @foone Not the best route.  If you really want to talk about NASA budget cuts, tell them we spend less on NASA than we pay out in “improper payments” of the Earned Income Tax Credit annually.  In FY2023 the estimated overpayments on that refundable tax credit were roughly the same as NASA’s budget topline.  Having a space program is actually pretty cheap compared to everything else our federal government spends money on… https://www.cfo.gov/wp-content/uploads/scorecards/FY24-Q2/Internal%20Revenue%20Service%20-%20Earned%20Income%20Tax%20Credit.pdf