In sci.space.policy Paul F. Dietz wrote:
Sander Vesik wrote:

Or they don't bother to co-operate with you in a manner where their
budgets might depend on US whims.

Excellent! If it's something that's truly beneficial to the US,
it can be funded by the US. If it's not, international entanglements
just make it harder to shut down.

Except that no, your Congress has repeatedly in the past and will also
again and aginin teh future not actaully do that but fund teh building
of some part of it or not the launch - which will in a world where outside
co-operation doesn't work any more mean that US scientists will only get
about 20% done. Unlike the scientists and the talent, fund to failure
for most project is an option to them as the electorate doesn't care.


Paul

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Sander

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