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kleinbl00 · 2256 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Trump administration wants to turn the International Space Station into a commercially run venture, NASA document shows
The ISS ground control is at Johnson in Houston. 3200 employees, $3.2b in local spending in 2014. Rest assured that if ISS was controlled out of JPL, Lyin' Ted would let it twist in the wind.
am_Unition · 2256 days ago · link ·
Oh I'm well aware, but still a beautiful hypocrisy. "Only the folks in my voting block matter". Not a sentiment limited to Republicans, either, of course. Edit: although one could also argue that this self-interest is somewhat akin to a system of checks and balances that optimizes what's best in the national interest. Whatever.