.@nytimes is basically spoon-feeding NASA critics now. Want more excitement and interest in science? Don't publish pessimistic articles.https://twitter.com/kchangnyt/status/1131559951313330176 …
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Neither is NASA -- despite the fact that a return to the moon has been a wish by many. But when the agency pursues large missions, pessimistic reporting like this just panders to those who think NASA is a waste of government funding and hinders support of the science we do.
The article is a pretty straightforward assessment about whether NASA astronauts will be walking at the south pole of the moon in 2024.
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It also takes a negative tone by stating that it's unlikely to happen. My point is that the article plays to the idea that NASA is a waste and thus risks losing support of science programs at NASA and even overall. Celebrate science, don't diminish it.
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The preference is to pretend it’s likely to happen?
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Some of the people in Congress who have criticized it are the ones restoring money to the NASA science programs that the administration proposed cutting.
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This doesn't have anything to do with my point, but okay. Yes, government funding is extremely messy.
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