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Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA's Moon Program (futurism.com)

submitted 7 months ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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Consequently, the South African billionaire has been put in charge of a so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" to excise $2 trillion from the national budget. Whether this advisory group will be able to take aim at the Artemis program remains to be seen.

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[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 54 points 7 months ago (12 children)

He knows SpaceX can't deliver what they promised for the Moon program, so he needs to change the goalposts. Obviously NASA isn't suddenly going to request less of SpaceX, not without demanding back all the funding awarded. So he needs to have the Moon program replaced with a Mars program, where they don't need to deliver anything for the next 10-15 years and can delay time and time again.

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I always love the debate about fantasizing about anyone going to colonize Mars ..... we're having a hard time sustaining life here.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I didn't realize humanity wasn't capable of working on both issues at the same time.

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

See the problem with that is Elon would have to hire more people, which would hurt his bottom line and require his money bin to fill at a slower rate. That's unacceptable.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 7 months ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ SpaceX has hired a significant number of people at Starbase for the Starship program and are still hiring for said program

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