Congrats to all the scientists and engineers involved with launching this once-in-a-generation telescope! Proud my administration supported it when the going got tough, and I can't wait to see what it uncovers about the fundamental origins of our universe.
Congrats to all the scientists and engineers involved with launching this once-in-a-generation telescope! Proud my administration supported it when the going got tough, and I can't wait to see what it uncovers about the fundamental origins of our universe.
@BarackObama This telescope cost 10 billion dollars. We are going to spend over 750 billion on the military this year alone. Imagine what we could build if we had our priorities in order?
@rtbkc @BarackObama Then you would be speaking Chinese or Russian, or both.
@rtbkc @BarackObama unfortunately, the cost of peace does not come cheap. hopefully, this 10 billion will guide us towards Utopia 🌐
@rtbkc @BarackObama And that's 10B over 17-ish years. Less than $1B per year. Or roughly 0.1% of the military budget. But...priorities... We can't sell billions of $$ of Webb's to warring nations.
@rtbkc @BarackObama I agree. But what will we as a nation, learn from this launch and what knowledge will others aquire about us?
@rtbkc @BarackObama In my opinion safety (military or defense budget) is paramount and space exploration which is amazing is a luxury.
@rtbkc @BarackObama What would it have cost the world and the US for that matter if the top priority was justice the world over?
@rtbkc @BarackObama I certainly wish we could trim the military budget