JPL is not a NASA center. It's a non profit lab that supports government functions. Its not even civil service. It's kind of like Aerospace Corporation, which is another example of a gov-affiliated non-profit that can support a variety of gov functions. You're way off on this. Also, DARPA is DoD, not NASA.

JPL is owned by CalTec really. NASA does not own JPL. NASA wasn't even stood up well until like 50s or 60s. It absorbed NACA, which might have led to this confusion. However, those people were working nuclear propulsion for space flight, like the NERVA rocket.

Science should be considered sacred. Say what you will about the US, but NASA is a good org. It's just crippled by stupid greedy assholes that take all it's money and go over budget right now.

[–] hamid@crazypeople.online 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Science in the service of empire and military industrial complex is not sacred. "It’s just crippled by stupid greedy assholes that take all it’s money and go over budget right now."

Ok lol, sure liberal. You fail to understand how the empire uses all their assets civilian or not towards their goals. Their science is all towards the goal of destroying the world not helping it. I don't give a fuck about them or their "science." Fuck them all. Fuck the US. Fuck the military. Fuck NASA. Fuck off.

US Apologia is bullshit.