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Eminent officials say NASA facilities some of the “worst” they’ve ever seen (arstechnica.com)
submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/nasa
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Around 83 percent of NASA's facilities are beyond their design lifetimes, and the agency has a $3.3 billion backlog in maintenance. When you consider NASA's $250 million estimate for normal year-to-year maintenance, it would take a $600 million uptick in NASA's annual budget for infrastructure repairs to catch up on the backlog within the next 10 years.

"Worst" in terms of being overdue for repairs, not that they don't produce great work.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It’s insane, because NASA has one of the most insanely high ROIs of any agency in the US government, in terms of impact on the GDP in the long term.

But everyone in charge only gives a shit about quarter-over-quarter performance at this point, so fuck all that noise I guess.

[–] Kyrgizion 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not that insane. The ROI you mention is diffuse and global. That means vested interest can't easily extract this surplus value for shareholders; it just kind of benefits everyone.

And that might as well be communism for them.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well it's easy to have a high ROI if your I is low! Imagine if we give them more money and they produce the same R!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

What are you talking about. It’s a matter of public record. Check the numbers from back in the Apollo era.