Gateway, SLS, Orion, are dead, and Artemis is on the chopping block.
SLS deserves to be cut, as Boeing clearly failed. Orion too. No big loss there.
But I have a hard time believing it's a coincidence that the budget favors Musk in a major way, with SLS/Orion to be replaced with "more cost-effective commercial systems", and $650M increase in budget for human space exploration plus $1B for Mars exploration.
And this is NOT about saving money or reducing federal spending -- it's shifting money away from science to defense and border security, which is increasing by $150+B. So short-sighted.
Given NASA’s recent history of setting money on fire, it’s a logical decision.
Wish we could spend more on space exploration and science, but there’s no reason to send even more good money after bad.
Gateway, SLS, Orion, are dead, and Artemis is on the chopping block.
SLS deserves to be cut, as Boeing clearly failed. Orion too. No big loss there.
But I have a hard time believing it's a coincidence that the budget favors Musk in a major way, with SLS/Orion to be replaced with "more cost-effective commercial systems", and $650M increase in budget for human space exploration plus $1B for Mars exploration.
And this is NOT about saving money or reducing federal spending -- it's shifting money away from science to defense and border security, which is increasing by $150+B. So short-sighted.
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Given NASA’s recent history of setting money on fire, it’s a logical decision. Wish we could spend more on space exploration and science, but there’s no reason to send even more good money after bad.