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NASA to spend $20 billion on moon base, cancel orbiting lunar station (www.reuters.com)

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[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 3 points 19 hours ago

It's interesting because this means downscaling the SLS corruption cash cow, which has been an important way for congresspeople to get kickbacks. Combined with the increased funding for AI, the fossil fuel industry, and the military-industrial complex, this represents a shift of the fruits of corruption from congresspeople to private enterprise.

Which makes sense in the greater context of Project 2025 and the US becoming a dictatorship governed by executive order.