Congress is about to make a huge mistake for astronomy #SaveChandra

[veritasium]

UPDATE: Chandra X-Ray Center has just been notified that NASA is making funding available to pay staff salaries until September 2025. That’s a huge win for the campaign. ​​If you watched, shared, or commented, thank you for your part in helping #SaveChandra!

[swimmerstuff]

I used to work in a Congressional staff office. Make sure to CALL your member of Congress. The call tally sheets are delivered straight from the interns answering the phones to your representative. Emails are handled purely by staff.

[stevencurtis]

What's the opposite of progress?

_Congress!_

[estebansingh]

To put these prices in perspective. If what the US spends annually in its military were $100, this telescope maintenance price would be 1 cent or even less.

[ashoka]

Comparing it to the cost of a military jet just really shows where all that money goes... instead of towards science.

[creepjax]

Hundreds of billions for the military but can’t even spare a few ten million for a one-of-a-kind telescope.

[meganwynn]

It really is absurd to throw away an investment like ..A SATELLITE.

[euler]

Thank you for this! I have been working with Chandra data for several years now, including on some of the galaxies you showed. The science I, and many others currently do is not possible without Chandra. The current defunding of Chandra for no discernible reason is already a huge detriment to the scientific community, and our ability to investigate the most energetic events in the universe. And this is only going to get worse if Congress continues defunding it without considering any replacement.

[jeebus]

"Congress is about to make a huge mistake" is an evergreen phrase.

[joshcal]

I’d be more shocked if Congress did something right.

[edgarsmith]

Yes, I want to save this and triple the size of the budget ❤️‍🔥💫❤️‍🔥

[suspicioussand]

"Congress is about to make a huge mistake" from what i've heard that's an average day in america

[sebastiansanchez]

A single f-16 for a yearly funding budget is crazy low for congress

[strixytom]

"Congress is about to make a huge mistake."
What's new?
"In space."
NO!

[BestSpatula]

Two forces define us as a species: our relentless curiosity to uncover the mysteries beyond our planet and the compassion we show in how we treat one another and the life we share Earth with.

[christinatennant]

Congress is where the people that can't balance the budget, somehow become millionaires.

[RealMiami]

Congress just got served some Jim Jones flavored kool-aid. I have loved all the articles over the years about so many discoveries from this amazing effort at knowledge, but the lights have already been turned out. We need to be looking after each other in the immediate future. Good luck to us all.

[itstheVD]

to put into perspective, Chandra costs about as much as a single F16.
not to mention the US has over 900 of them.
im pretty sure they can afford one more.

[juandanielpuebla]

I can't believe an F-16 costs the same as the entire budget for this operation.

[kevinthefox]

The fact we have to ask, beg, or expect anything constructive involving congress is already an issue in and of itself. The fact they get paid at all or have any kind of merit is a joke.