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wasoxygen · 3086 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hew Hroizons data is still trickling in. Here is the current data on Hydra, one of the small moons.
I love this stuff. I didn't know that Pluto has four satellites; now I have seen a photo of Hydra. I wish you would publicize SpaceX events a little earlier; I keep watching them on replay. And I look forward to next year's eclipse. But I also feel that public funding for NASA should be zero. You and I belong to the "nerd sphere on the internet," what might well be called a special interest group. I might choose to contribute my resources to space exploration. But I cannot support the use of resources taken from people with no interest in space to pay for my interests. What's the difference between that and any other relatively affluent, literate, and connected group lobbying for taxpayer dollars?