[Ninjavenom]

A large portion of that money goes to their technology, obviously. Their computer banks alone contain not only a ridiculous amount of space, but a ridiculous amount of data as well. They keep archives of the 1PB reels they record weather and climate data onto, and the computers they use are hundreds of massive server banks with ridiculous amounts of power. One of my dad's friends works for NASA and deals with those things, and he told me the pictures of a 1x1 mile square of land is somewhere near 12,000x10,000 px in size and at an insane resolution. Consider also that they are taken every hour and at damn near every place the satellites can see, and you've got yourself a LOT of data, and you'll need a LOT of money to archive and store it all. Also, i imagine rocket fuel and rocket scientist salaries are a factor. Not enough to validate having such a big, gay, budget, but it might put a dent in it.