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monkee67 OP t1_j64grc2 wrote

Reply to comment by AlCzervick in It’s Not Sci-Fi—NASA Is Funding These Mind-Blowing Projects by monkee67

that's semantics. they have a budget, they decide how to use that money. yes the money comes from taxpayers. but if the National Endowment for the Arts gives a grant the words that are used are "funded by the National Endowment for the Arts"

same thing here

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Chairboy t1_j650r8l wrote

That's... almost correct? NASA has limited decision-making power over what research gets funded. Congress makes those decisions and outside of some small projects that can be funded through programs that give them flexibility, NASA does not really typically choose-choose what to research.

They're a great government agency and they enable cool things, but... their decision powers are pretty tightly regulated and controled.

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