What NASA Does for You

Is NASA a waste of money? Should we defund NASA?
(no)
NASA brings huge benefits to the average person, and needs more funding, not less.

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footage in this video taken using Space Engine

[islar]

I would give 1% of my taxes if it means not being stolen by some corrupt politician and it is invested in doing cool shit.

[redscarf]

I just want to clearify: the reason because nasa isnt getting a higher budget is because government and funders dont see immediate profits rom its existence. The reason why china is achieving so much more than usa in the recent decades is because profit motive from its space program isnt considered a priority.

[Phosfit]

Discovery you is like discovering Astrum back when he only made videos based inside of our solar system

[Statosphere]

This channel is such a diamond in the rough. Sick of YouTube recommending AI trash. Commenting in hopes that the algorithm will show kyplanet to people like me

[Foogi]

I'd be happy if even a quarter of what we spend on the Military was put into improving NASA and space tech as a whole. Imagine how useful having a proper base on the moon would be!

[JamesGiven-os]

discovering how to keep astronauts from having their bones decay on a trip to mars, or finding ways to keep astronauts alive during a long duration trip to mars could have alot of benefits, if there is life on mars that somehow is alive ( under the surface or in water sealed away from the surface ) that is still alive, discovering it and researching it could possibly open up new breakthroughs in biology and the medical field

[washedupfries]

It's rare to see a channel on youtube talk extensively about these issues, keep doing what you're doing.

[ImSomethingSpecial]

As a Navy veteran, the budget thing is so true. We had to throw out thousands of dollars worth of equipment regularly because if we didn't spend a certain amount of money the budget would be cut. The Navy is 10, 000 sailors undermanned, we can't fully crew the ships we already have, and yet the government insists on building more of them and recently turned down a pay increase for all E-1 to E-3 ranks in the military because the money it'd cost to pay us for being worked to death could fund more again, we can't crew.

The obvious solution to this predicament should be to follow in the footsteps the UK took back in the 80s: Decrease ships and specialize the sailors more. This is not the answer neither the U.S government nor the Admirals want to hear, though, so we burn even more money on impossible endeavours rather than fund useful things like NASA. The undermanning and expectations of the higher ups have gotten so bad that when underway on a deployment it's very common to work 12+ hours a day 7 days a week. In the pacific, the largest U.S naval fleet, those poor guys will live under those working conditions for 8+ months just because of China.

[Faulheit]

a vid on how 0 gravity affects the production of things would be super interesting

[dreamingissleeping]

what they certainly NEED to do is have a team to finalize and color process every photo from important missions, and to animate them into motion. The raw data is nice, but reaches such a far smaller view...

[Poe]

I'm gonna start boosting your video, this is a critical problem that most people in the U.S. don't even know about and this is a great explanation that is pretty short but perfectly ties up why NASA needs more money and why people won't do it.

[Liam]

10th comment
also, if nasa continues to get more funding, we could eventually start asteroid mining, which are much more material dense than the ground here in earth. This would very much benefit the economy.

[imsonicnoob]

Would love to see a future mission involving a Kuiper-Belt spacecraft (perhaps something like Voyager III) happens where it’s primary goal is aimed at the flyby of the other dwarf planets like Orcus Quaoar Haumea Makemake Gonggong Eris and Sedna

[SteppefordWife]

I think part of the reason the focus is on defunding nasa instead of the military is because it economically benefits the companies and wealthy individuals that profit most from continuing as "normal" to limit knowledge and attention given to climate change and ways to stop it

[paintbrush]

I love this channel. You're doing much needed and amazing work.

[MaxUmbra]

Short version
NASA is good and never done anything bad (wink wink) and you should appreciate them

[tailormayflower]

Thanks for this banger Kyplanet! A video like this is a great resource for me to introduce someone to the topic of why NASA is such a fundamentally important force for guiding humanity into its future. Now i can better do my part in spreading the word :). Keep up the great work! 😄

[ReverseToad]

This is such a well worded video. Thank you for making this, I think that a lot of people need a wake up call about NASA.

[ukulelebottom]

nasa should have a donation site (ik 99.9% of people don't give a crap, would be cool to help a company that sends cute little rovers to space!)

[adelinechan]

Is this video only focused towards americans? Or worldwide

Imo, u shd do more vids bout worldwide space projects too