[mosesbp]

Making progress on these key issues in galaxy evolution and black hole growth is exactly the kind of research that will not happen (or at minimum be extremely limited) under the current administration’s grant cancellations, funding cuts, and staffing reductions at the NSF and NASA, the two of which account for almost all of US astronomy research funding.

[Hammershaft]

It's just depressing. Such a moronic & self sabotaging policy. I'd say people should look at the evidence on the returns from NSH & NSF funding but if people cared about basing policy on evidence we wouldn't be here in the first place.

[dylan604]

How is studying a black hole going to make the rich richer? If it's not, then it's not worth doing. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure that out. All of you poors should be less concerned about make believe spacey stuff, and figure out how to give more of your money to the rich.

I wish I was joking

[TheOtherHobbes]

Why is it getting hotter? Why has my house been washed away? Why did my kids die of measles?

God's will, I suppose. Best donate more to my megachurch.

[abakker]

Well, the idea was that it requires rockets and that SpaceX would get the contracts...but they even F'd that up.

[ErigmolCt]

We're finally at the point where instruments like JWST can answer decade-old questions