• @MeekerThanBeaker@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    What if NASA just makes this stuff up to get more funding? .

    NASA scientist: See that dot?

    US Government: Where? There?

    NASA scientist: No. The other one.

    US Government: That?

    NASA scientist: Yuuuup. Totally a Super-Earth.

    US Government: Really?

    NASA scientist: Dude. Trust me, bro.

    US Government: (sighs) Make a color computer render to show the press by Thursday.

    . pops champagne cork

    EDIT: WOW… people seriously need the /s for this? Damn. This was complete sarcasm.

    • Annoyed_🦀 A
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      Nasa is not the only space agency on earth. They communicate and verify the data.

      • teft
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        811 months ago

        Also the data is public. Anyone can go look at the data and if they have good enough science and math skills they can get to the same answer.

    • queermunist she/her
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      Independent astronomers and agencies and other countries verify this stuff, so it’d be a complicated conspiracy.