SirMarglar t1_itsev10 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:23 PM

Five seconds of research would've given you your answer. This team is led by highly respected astrophysicist David Spergel and it has the remit to ID unclassified data sets that may be useful for studying UAP.

That's it. That's why it's only $100k and 9 months.

Thismonday t1_itrms9j wrote on October 25, 2022 at 8:09 PM

What’s the budget? I don’t have time to read the article

World_May_Wobble t1_its07l8 wrote on October 25, 2022 at 9:36 PM

$100,000 or less [1] [2]

For 16 people, that's $6,250 per person. Probably around a month's salary for each person. "I'm going to take you and 15 other people who don't have relevant expertise and pay you to think about this problem for a month." That's how I read this.

Thismonday t1_its2lug wrote on October 25, 2022 at 9:52 PM

That can’t be true. It breaks minimal wage laws.

World_May_Wobble t1_its5dvj wrote on October 25, 2022 at 10:12 PM

Lol. $6250 would be the monthly salary of someone who makes $75,000 annually. That's around the salary I'd expect for an expert-tier professional in something like astrobiology or astrophysics.

That tells me that NASA can't be paying for more than a month of these people's time, and they can't be splurging on any tools besides a whiteboard and some markers.

Granted, they may not be dedicated to this project full-time, so they may spread it out over months, but this amounts to little more than a high profile brainstorming session.

throwaway23410689 t1_itt1vgr wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:20 AM

>https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-to-set-up-independent-study-on-unidentified-aerial-phenomena/ NASA
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>https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3100053/dod-announces-the-establishment-of-the-all-domain-anomaly-resolution-office/ DOD
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>https://youtu.be/aSDweUbGBow?t=1285 House Committee of Intelligence (time stamped)

Yeah, I assume all these intelligence committees are just joking.

World_May_Wobble t1_ituvswt wrote on October 26, 2022 at 2:14 PM

I'm only speaking about one of them.

Gagarin1961 t1_itr4qav wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:14 PM

Not to mention, unidentified threats to national security wouldn’t be handled by fucking NASA.

What kind of joke is this? Are they just playing into the meme for political gain or are they using it as some kind of distraction? Or are they planning on releasing whatever fake story they want through these guys as if it were the truth?

LightningRodofH8 t1_itr88hw wrote on October 25, 2022 at 6:37 PM

>Not to mention, unidentified threats to national security wouldn’t be handled by fucking NASA.

They're not. If they find something that they believe requires further national security investigation, it would be handed off to the appropriate authorities.

eltoroferdinando t1_itsektc wrote on October 25, 2022 at 11:21 PM

There are other study groups being proposed and established, including within DOD.

NASA announces its unidentified aerial phenomena - A 16-people team — including an astronaut, a space-treaty drafter, a boxer, and several astrobiologists — will soon begin its review of unexplained aerial phenomena (UAP) for NASA research team to examine mysterious sightings.

World_May_Wobble t1_itr1vsy wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:56 PM