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Thismonday t1_itrms9j wrote

Reply to comment by World_May_Wobble in NASA announces its unidentified aerial phenomena - A 16-people team — including an astronaut, a space-treaty drafter, a boxer, and several astrobiologists — will soon begin its review of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) for NASA research team to examine mysterious sightings. by yourSAS

What’s the budget? I don’t have time to read the article

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World_May_Wobble t1_its07l8 wrote

$100,000 or less [1] [2]

For 16 people, that's $6,250 per person. Probably around a month's salary for each person. "I'm going to take you and 15 other people who don't have relevant expertise and pay you to think about this problem for a month." That's how I read this.

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Thismonday t1_its2lug wrote

That can’t be true. It breaks minimal wage laws.

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World_May_Wobble t1_its5dvj wrote

Lol. $6250 would be the monthly salary of someone who makes $75,000 annually. That's around the salary I'd expect for an expert-tier professional in something like astrobiology or astrophysics.

That tells me that NASA can't be paying for more than a month of these people's time, and they can't be splurging on any tools besides a whiteboard and some markers.

Granted, they may not be dedicated to this project full-time, so they may spread it out over months, but this amounts to little more than a high profile brainstorming session.

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