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With the coming Trump administration, NASA should just wind down its operations and greatly reduce its ambition to only very small, sure-fire things it can get
by shiroiushi 2y ago
With the coming Trump administration, NASA should just wind down its operations and greatly reduce its ambition to only very small, sure-fire things it can get done with a small budget. Obviously, America isn't going to be the leader in space exploration in the future.
- hiddencost 2y agoI kinda assume that one of the things Elon is buying with his donations is huge SpaceX contracts.
- wmf 2y agoIronically, privatizing NASA through SpaceX would save tons of money.
- shiroiushi 2y agoProbably, but SpaceX makes rockets (launch vehicles), not moon rovers, probes, telescopes, etc., so this doesn't really help for stuff like this. NASA has always had stuff made mostly by contractors, but their job is to manage the funds and the overall mission. I have a hard time believing the Trump administration is going to want to throw a lot of money at a government agency just to do rover/probe missions, when the rhetoric from that side has always been how these agencies cost too much, government can't do anything right, etc. I'm sure Elon can make lots of money as the prime launch provider for missions the GOP would be happy to pay for: spy satellites and other things with military applications.
- codezero 2y agowith Elon donating 45M/month to Trump you don't think Starship will dominate?
- Dalewyn 2y agoMaking America Great Again also includes Making NASA Great Again.
- imtringued 2y agoTrump made the decision to land humans on the moon.