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@o-the-mts / o-the-mts.tumblr.com

A dad and archivist seeking wisdom wherever I may find it. He/him/his. 50 years have I. Think of me as Tumblr's kind uncle.
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Anyways the moment that the Artemis mission lands on the moon I am going to be so annoying about how we can afford to spend billions for a space vanity project but can't afford to keep the rails that move millions annually in good repair

Amtrak, I love you, but that is probably not going to be a very good take because at least Artemis is advancing the betterment of scientific understanding. You can throw a fit when they launch USS Enterprise (CVN-80). That thing will have cost the US government considerably more than a moon mission and, as a bonus, it's probably happening sooner, too.

I wish they would gut the budget of something to pay for the trains. I really do. I just think directing your anger towards NASA (which is a comparatively minor money-sink) instead of the US military is probably not a productive use of time or energy.

You should probably be annoying about how we can afford a class of ten super aircraft carriers that each cost billions of dollars but can't afford to keep the rails that move millions annually in good repair.

I think, in comparison to that utter waste of money, Artemis isn't that bad.

Fair point, time to hate the military some more

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