<story><title>NASA executive quits weeks after appointment to lead 2024 moon landing plan</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-nasa/nasa-executive-quits-weeks-after-being-named-to-lead-moon-initiative-idUSKCN1SU0A5</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>georgeecollins</author><text>Or they just asked for (and presumably will get) an additional $15 B of subsidies for farmers to compensate for the trade war.  Nothing against farmers, but if it is so easy to do that, why not fund NASA a bit?</text></item><item><author>ryder9</author><text>NASA requested $1.4B in increase&lt;p&gt;for comparison, Military budget increased from $586B in 2015 to $713B in 2019</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wallace_f</author><text>To be fair, the banks got over 400+ billion in TARP money plus over 4 &lt;i&gt;Trillion&lt;/i&gt; in newly printed Fed Reserve dollars to buy literally &amp;quot;toxic assets,&amp;quot; synthetic mortgage-backed securities, and government debt purchased off their books to shore them up after they negligently destroyed themselves(1). Fundamental, necessary banking services which they are subsidized to perform are &lt;i&gt;not&lt;/i&gt; rocket science, either. This was subsidizing risk-taking. This transfer of wealth to Wall St is &lt;i&gt;by far&lt;/i&gt; the most egregious heist in the history of humanity.&lt;p&gt;1-&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.brookings.edu&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;up-front&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;18&amp;#x2F;the-hutchins-center-explains-the-feds-balance-sheet&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.brookings.edu&amp;#x2F;blog&amp;#x2F;up-front&amp;#x2F;2017&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;18&amp;#x2F;the-hutch...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>NASA executive quits weeks after appointment to lead 2024 moon landing plan</title><url>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-space-exploration-nasa/nasa-executive-quits-weeks-after-being-named-to-lead-moon-initiative-idUSKCN1SU0A5</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>georgeecollins</author><text>Or they just asked for (and presumably will get) an additional $15 B of subsidies for farmers to compensate for the trade war.  Nothing against farmers, but if it is so easy to do that, why not fund NASA a bit?</text></item><item><author>ryder9</author><text>NASA requested $1.4B in increase&lt;p&gt;for comparison, Military budget increased from $586B in 2015 to $713B in 2019</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>2Ccltvcm</author><text>America should reduce corn subsidies. Corn works its way into the American food ecosystem in many ways to the detriment of the Americans&amp;#x27; health. It is highly inflammatory by itself and it is processed into compounds which also modulate inflammation in other ways. See high fructose corn syrup and its inflammatory pathways. Processed corn products are a multi pronged attack on Americans&amp;#x27; health. End corn subsidies.</text></comment>