That peak? The one in 1962/1963? That was when the United States of America spent 2.5% of GDP in federal dollars on SCIENCE.
That peak in spending gave us our entire economy as we currently understand it. Composites, integrated circuits, lasers, advanced fabrics, biotech, etc... Time to reinvest.
That peak in spending gave us our entire economy as we currently understand it. Composites, integrated circuits, lasers, advanced fabrics, biotech, etc... Time to reinvest.
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Casey Dreier
Changes in NASA's workforce, by year, since 1959. Today will mark the largest involuntary reduction in staffing since the end of Apollo. The difference is that, right now, NASA is trying to spin up a Moon program instead of end one.
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