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NASA spends $66/person per day on "light snacks" at Conference
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To put the cost in perspective, a wedding at a nice location typically costs less than that per person, and includes a soup/salad and an entree, and an open bar.
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"Today, let's see if we can rip off the smartest scientists in the world"
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It's a government agency. Do you honestly expect them to spend money wisely and efficiently?
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they probably just said they spent that much, but then only spent like half of that, and used the extra money they claimed to use on something else, like a project with an over-extended budget.
or hookers and blow.
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Also to put this in perspective, a plated meal (entree and vegetables) for analyst meetings I used to organize in New York and Toronto would cost over $120 per plate - It includes the cost of service and the conference room.
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i work for a nasa subcontract and nasa is fucked. way to bureaucratic
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I've been to the moon and let me tell you what, moon cheese is incredible.
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That's how they fund the secret projects we can't know about. Say they use the money for one thing, actually use it for something else. Nome of our secret defense projects would ever get done without "overspending" for snacks, bathrooms, and other such things.
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