AI-animated satire from DOOOD What The?!. Reacts to a real news story; see transcript below.
Dooood! What the? Okay, check this out. Nasa is about to send up the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope despite Trump's earlier attempts to cut it. It survived budget cuts two times when I was president, a real tough decision to make. Many people are saying that this telescope is going to waste billions of dollars. I made the right choice for the country, a tremendous decision to protect taxpayer money. Nobody knew what a deal I got on space budget cuts, I saved America so much money. But here we are, it's launching and I was the one who tried to keep it from going. Duuude... What the. (sigh)
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a NASA mission designed to study dark energy and exoplanets.
Former President Trump attempted to cut the telescope's funding, citing concerns over costs and prioritizing other space projects.
Despite budget cuts proposed by the Trump administration, the telescope's funding was restored due to its scientific importance.
The telescope aims to explore dark energy and dark matter, as well as search for exoplanets, advancing our understanding of the universe.
The episode satirizes the influence of political decisions on scientific projects, highlighting the tension between political priorities and scientific research.
DOOOD, What The?! is a faceless AI-animated daily news-comedy cartoon. The host, The Reactor, reacts in disbelief to one real news story per episode, with whip-pan cutaways to animated characters. New episodes post daily.