<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>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>tjpnz</author><text>NASA got a 1.6 billion USD increase. Around the same time it was announced that Wellington City (the third largest city in New Zealand, also the capital) had been given the equivalent of 4.5 billion USD for a revamped public transportation system. As far as public spending goes the two couldn&amp;#x27;t be more different. Yet it really did put into perspective the futility of NASA&amp;#x27;s situation, at least for me.</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>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>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></comment>