# Mars Rover Curiosity Landing **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [August 5, 2012, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058 "2012-08-05T07:11:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 8:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/21 "2012-08-06T08:40:19Z")
Where is this massive budget cut you guys are lamenting? > **[Budget of NASA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA)** > > As a federal agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) receives its funding from the annual federal budget passed by the United States Congress. The following charts detail the amount of federal funding allotted to NASA each year over its past sixty-year history (1958–2018) to operate aeronautics research, unmanned and manned space exploration programs. Seen in the year-by-year breakdown listed below, the total amounts (in nominal dollars) that NASA has been budgeted from... Don’t confuse ditching the space shuttle program with cutting their funding. We’re just letting other countries do the routine, shuttling astronauts to and from the international space station, so that we can focus on doing bigger stuff like exploring Mars. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/22 "2012-08-06T08:52:04Z")
Those with Ipads or smartphones can check this out. [http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/apps/](http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/apps/) Download the app for curiosity to your smartphone or Ipad, print the scan sheet and you can view the rover ina 3d image and it even functions too. I was impressed that they came out with this. It is cool that they let you get involved this way. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/23 "2012-08-06T08:56:26Z")
I know this is classic Buzzkillington here, but im over Mars… Lets get on to the next rock already. ---
**Author:** ![Jimshorts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimshorts/32/5915_2.png) [@Jimshorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimshorts)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/24 "2012-08-06T09:11:25Z")
Took a class on this stuff in school and it truely is a shame that we made such large cuts to NASA. Money should have been cut from other areas. Ive got a whole new appreciation for the space program and what they have accomplished for us over the years. So many everyday things that we have came from things NASA first created. It all starts with the president really. Obama didnt agree with where our space program was going so cut it. It was JFK that was determined to go to the moon he was the one that got people on board. We need someone else that is like that to spark the interest again. Unfortunately the world wide economic crisis is taking the spot light which it should be for the time being but I feel a space program is nessesary for innovation/ new technologies to be developed. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 9:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/25 "2012-08-06T09:23:47Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Where is this massive budget cut you guys are lamenting? > > [Budget of NASA - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA) > > Don’t confuse ditching the space shuttle program with cutting their funding. We’re just letting other countries do the routine, shuttling astronauts to and from the international space station, so that we can focus on doing bigger stuff like exploring Mars. > [@Jimshorts](#): > > Took a class on this stuff in school and it truely is a shame that we made such large cuts to NASA. You serious? ---------- Post added at 12:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 PM ---------- > [@MOBOOST4U](#): > > I know this is classic Buzzkillington here, but im over Mars… > > Lets get on to the next rock already. We should like totally land a rover on Jupiter. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 9:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/26 "2012-08-06T09:52:32Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > Where is this massive budget cut you guys are lamenting? > > [Budget of NASA - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA) > > Don’t confuse ditching the space shuttle program with cutting their funding. We’re just letting other countries do the routine, shuttling astronauts to and from the international space station, so that we can focus on doing bigger stuff like exploring Mars. Stop looking at raw dollars and look at % of budget. Space becomes less and less of a priority each year. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i2QDpGRQKc) ---
**Author:** ![Jimshorts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimshorts/32/5915_2.png) [@Jimshorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimshorts)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/27 "2012-08-06T10:03:33Z")
Dead serious. All your showing me is a steady decline in their budget which will continue to go down. NASA will probably get cut completely and we will outsource everything to Russia or smaller companies in the states like Raytheon or Boeing. All your showing me is that when we cared about space exploration and getting to the moon NASAs budget was about 4% of our federal budget. Now its .48% of our budget and declining… Thank you J. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/28 "2012-08-06T10:10:42Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Stop looking at raw dollars and look at % of budget. Why? Ballooning expenses elsewhere doesn’t mean that an existing program is less important. If it was less important you would expect to see funding cut to direct it elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 10:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/29 "2012-08-06T10:16:16Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > You serious? > > ---------- Post added at 12:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:21 PM ---------- > > We should like totally land a rover on Jupiter. How about Europa which we know to have water, or even Venus… Mars is like the Dane Cook of planets. > [@JayS](#): > > Stop looking at raw dollars and look at % of budget. Space becomes less and less of a priority each year. This isnt 1994… Im sure the common tax payer would agree our money could be going to better things than NASA in our current state. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 10:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/30 "2012-08-06T10:24:46Z")
> [@MOBOOST4U](#): > > How about Europa which we know to have water, or even Venus… Mars is like the Dane Cook of planets. > > This isnt 1994… Im sure the common tax payer would agree our money could be going to better things than NASA in our current state. +1 to both lol ---
**Author:** ![Jimshorts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimshorts/32/5915_2.png) [@Jimshorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimshorts)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/31 "2012-08-06T10:28:25Z")
The common tax payer doesnt appriecate how much NASA has actually done for us over the years… its so much more than just getting into space. Obama didnt only cut the shuttle program he also cancelled the Constellation program that was suppose to replace it. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/32 "2012-08-06T10:31:59Z")
> [@MOBOOST4U](#): > > This isnt 1994… Im sure the common tax payer would agree our money could be going to better things than NASA in our current state. Yeah, I’m sure there are bunch of companies like Solyndra just waiting with their hands out. Maybe NASA needs to start donating to PACs. I’ve heard the ROI there is phenomenal. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 11:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/33 "2012-08-06T11:00:16Z")
I made a picture for you guys. Here is NASA’s budget since 2000, adjusted for inflation. [ATTACH=CONFIG]21660[/ATTACH] Definitely asymptotic with zero. :xz: ---
**Author:** ![MOBOOST4U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@MOBOOST4U](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MOBOOST4U)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/34 "2012-08-06T11:12:19Z")
We dont know much about graphs, but were pretty sure NASAs butget will be over $2,012 in the year 17,000. Signed, Nyspeeders ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/35 "2012-08-06T11:19:43Z")
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**Author:** ![Jimshorts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimshorts/32/5915_2.png) [@Jimshorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimshorts)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/36 "2012-08-06T11:31:37Z")
> [@Fry](#): > > I made a picture for you guys. Here is NASA’s budget since 2000, adjusted for inflation. > > [ATTACH=CONFIG]21660[/ATTACH] > > Definitely asymptotic with zero. :xz: Thanks kinda tough to see though should have used a smaller range of numbers but I can definitely start to see it declining at the end just like I said and its going to continue down from there. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 11:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/37 "2012-08-06T11:34:06Z")
Meanwhile on nyspeed, everyone’s apparently become a rocket scientist… ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/38 "2012-08-06T11:53:55Z")
That’s gotta be a big resume padder. **Skills:** Landing shit on other planets. ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 12:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/39 "2012-08-06T12:04:24Z")
:word: to Fry here. NASA’s “defunding” is simply reallocating resources from maintaining business-as-usual stuff to moving on to new things like this, as well as pushing the incentive program for private companies to take over ferry service to the space station and such. SpaceX, Boeing, Sierra Nevada etc. are making great progress and of course fit in line with the idea all you conservatives have that private companies do everything better than the government. If they proposed a “space tax” of an extra percent on your income, or extra penny of sales tax, how many of you would actually pay it? ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058/40 "2012-08-06T12:11:21Z")
I’m happy seeing incentives for private industry to get into space. I don’t see any reason why the Shuttle program should have continued. Time to move onto bigger and better things. Exploring Mars is a great use of resources, granted we don’t piss off any life that exists there. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/mars-rover-curiosity-landing/225058.md?page=3)