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astrodust on April 9, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Re-creating Disney's sodium vapor process [video]

I think the US nuclear program has a much bigger budget than Disney, and if they need something, they just get it.

The movie industry had cheaper options, so they went with those.

kadoban on April 10, 2024 [–]

I think you're underselling Disney's budget and reach. Yes, it's probably technically smaller than the US nuclear program, but even just Disney is worth $200 billion USD, ignoring all other studios and etc. Movies are big money.

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