[tibbydudeza]

And money well worth spent IMHO even 10 times that amount to increase our understanding of the universe say compared to spending on Twitter.

Orchestrating a very complicated remote deployment 1.5 million miles from earth with no do overs deserves some kudos.

[Robotbeat]

Agreed buying Twitter is a waste, but the projects who lost out due to defense contractor incompetence were other science and astronomy missions. It is, in fact, understanding of our universe that suffers when borderline grift like this occurs.

[sidewndr46]

In what world does the federal taxpayer fund Twitter?

[georgeg23]

Probably referring to capital (and human resources) allocation in general.

[tibbydudeza]

One is akin to flushing money down the toilet - the other one is science.

[uni_rule]

Well to be coy they do tend to fund Elon's other companies quite generously.