Laying off thousands of NASA employees isn’t going to make anything better. NASA is the scientific envy of the world.
I’m horrified by the number of people who think SpaceX can “replace” NASA. SpaceX doesn’t do astronomy. They do spacecraft.
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- Jupiter will make its closest approach to earth in 59 years on Monday… it won’t be this close for another 107 years 🤯 here’s everything you need to know:
00:00 - NASA is actually exactly where I want my tax dollars going
- India just became the first country to have a successful controlled landing near the south pole of the moon! #space #breakingnews #astronomy #nasa #isro #moonlanding
00:00 - Replying to @ProjectVirginiaBecause… its budget was cut… because they already landed on the moon six times and people didn’t want their tax dollars going towards the moon unnecessarily.
- The current budget proposal destroys NASA. It cuts a telescope that’s already assembled. It closes NASA centers. This is horrific for science. I feel like we can all agree that science is good.
- You guys aren’t gunna like to hear this but the astronauts aren’t stranded in space. The SpaceX capsule they’re returning home on has been docked to the ISS since September. They’re completing their new mission. They have a way home.
- I am in AWE. I took a flight from Atlanta to Denver thinking I would be too far south to see anything. Three hours of magic.
- Since we’re all pretending sexism doesn’t exist…
00:00 - Former astronaut and teacher Barbara Morgan endorses VP Kamala Harris for president. Dr. Buzz Aldrin doesn’t speak for all astronauts. (Video from @Space4Harris)
00:00 - Replying to @ProjectVirginiaThe astronauts have a capsule there to come home. There’s no need for them to come home. The astronauts themselves have said this. You are regurgitating lies. Climate change is real and incredibly important to study. And those studies come from academia and other space agencies
- BREAKING NEWS: Signs and evidence of ancient microbial life on the planet Mars #space #astronomy #nasa #science #news
00:00 - BREAKING SPACE NEWS: Scientists have analyzed samples from the OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu and discovered amino acids, nucleotide bases, minerals from salt water, and more. #nasa #astronomy #space #solarsystem #science #news
00:00 - Science is one of the United States’ greatest strengths. We are competitive, advanced, and widespread. We are dismantling and destroying that. We are losing one of the best things about this country.