BREAKING NEWS. JPL is laying off about 530 people. Why did that happen and what it means for major NASA missions like Artemis and Mars Sample Return? Figuring it out with Casey Dreier, Chief of Space Policy at The Planetary Society.
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00:00:00 Intro
00:01:10 JPL layoffs and NASA budget cuts
00:21:05 Effects on Artemis
00:36:50 Mars Sample Return in Danger
01:03:41 Planetary Society’s plans
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This question has nothing to do with this video but you want questions I have one. Not sure if it has been asked before but, with the talk of the famous 9th planet that has been found with math, affected orbits, and an estimated mass between Earth & Neptune, how possible is it that it could be a black hole orbiting our sun?
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What about Solar Warden Dark Fleet??
This is what happens when Luddites control science budgets.
This feel like a cloudy day for the future of humanity, hopefully it clears up soon
It has a lot more to do with lefty politics than you guys seem to think. I work with a bunch of lefties, mostly young naive ones. They don't feel we have any business in space at all. They believe that if there's a single hungry mouth to feed or homeless person that we shouldn't spend money on things like space. I disagree, as we may not survive at all as a species if we don't get off planet as soon as we're able.
It's a sad day for exploration
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU KEEP PRIORITIZING HYPE, LIES & FRAUD, AND PAYING THE LEAST DESERVING THE MOST — i.e. Elon Musk, SpaceX — OVER HONESTY, QUANTIFIABLE FALSIFIABLE TESTABLE HARD WORK & ACTUAL MERIT!
It is also interesting to see, how long SpaceX can run without government money. They also have commercial launches (other than their own), so it should be longer than NASA, though.
fraser my dude, why do you keep ignoring the obvious? the USA have 34 trillions in debt
also, you guys just sent BILLIONS to ukraine, obviously old joe biden has no money left to support space, prepare for more layoffs
Seems like Starship could be a great help to MSR.
Since science is funded by society, science must be responsive to the desires of society. Decadal surveys mean nothing if society does not want to pay for them. If science wants something that society does not value, science needs to find another funding mechanism than taxpayer dollars.
The Chinese suffer from the same issues as we do. When funding dries up, space programs get delayed or gutted. Their economy is not doing as well as it did in decades past. Money is no longer growing on trees in Beijing. If their economy does not pick up, Chinese space programs are likely to be delayed, scaled back, and canceled.
Space budgets are political animals. Either you get massive public backing, or you must have corporate political backing. Politicians will only provide the vote for space programs if they think their constituents will vote for them to get reelected, or if their corporate sponsors will fund their reelection campaigns. Unfortunately, SpaceX is not one of the corporate sponsors that politicians look to fund their reelection campaigns. I suspect that NASA will get no political support if they arrange to work with SpaceX in any way that threatens the mess that is SLS/Orion.
So sad. I wouldn't vote for someone with a parochial viewpoint.
The major problem with the contracts is that once they are signed, they are making assumptions about committing NEXT years budget to the projects. If next year is worse, then even the continuing project WITH committed money get cut. which then runs into contract penalties for cutting the project.
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Boo hoo. How much over budget was just? And as a taxpayer that can't afford groceries what do I gain from nasal? Right. Nasal has blown too much money with nothing to show for it if they can't even refine there positions on big bang or general cosmology that's glaringly inaccurate.
They need to disban NASA…
PUT THAT OLD HORSE OUT TO PASTURE…
The have lost their way decades ago…
The space shuttle killed NASA (not to mention 14 asronauts)…
Oh NASA I am just so disappointed in thee….
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I hope the people who have lost their jobs find work soon , always a stressful time for families .
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Another W for CCP thanks to Comrade Brandon.
We need data on dark matter and dark energy. Sending people to space is waste of money with little or zero knowledge in return.
Usa is a big country but most of its people are interested in things they see from their porch.
What an impressive young man. Great interview
JPL employee here who got laid off. I am concerned about Europa Clipper. So many critical people on Clipper were let go. It’s going to be super painful for JPL to meet the October launch date. This is just THE WORST timing.
Very informative, demonstrating the dysfunction of Congress. The top priority has to be defence. Are extra resources being put into military space? The increase in military spending has to be immense, war is coming no matter the desire to prevent it.
Dude, if you put some quiet ambient forest track in the background, I for real would have thought that you were legitimately just oot chilling in the woods. The lighting is spot on.
NASA needs to be audited. Period. They have been getting away with this scam for too long. It’s hilarious how easy it is to fool the general public! They should have to be accountable like all of us peasants!
Follow the layoffs
Is JPL on the metric system?