Worth it. They already achieved their objective. They could’ve made a powerful statement by denying a debriefing meetup with the fascist. At all costs.
The #1 goal of this mission is to secure NASA funding for the missions to continue, #2 was systems testing. They are continuing with their mission as best they understand it. A statement against fascism from them keeps us in low earth orbit
This administration has been actively hostile to space exploration. The only support is for moon to mars, because that fulfills billionaire sexual fantasies of ruling over Martian empires.
Projects like asteroid and Kuiper Belt exploration have been absolutely slaughtered. NASA has been cutting education and basically everything not directly connected to long term plans for Martian colonization. It’s also been cut up for parts and sold off to the highest bidder.
Worth it. They already achieved their objective. They could’ve made a powerful statement by denying a debriefing meetup with the fascist. At all costs.
The #1 goal of this mission is to secure NASA funding for the missions to continue, #2 was systems testing. They are continuing with their mission as best they understand it. A statement against fascism from them keeps us in low earth orbit
As someone who had some NASA associations, watching everyone bend the knee has been sickening.
Agreed. So has the last 50 years of space exploration
This administration has been actively hostile to space exploration. The only support is for moon to mars, because that fulfills billionaire sexual fantasies of ruling over Martian empires.
Projects like asteroid and Kuiper Belt exploration have been absolutely slaughtered. NASA has been cutting education and basically everything not directly connected to long term plans for Martian colonization. It’s also been cut up for parts and sold off to the highest bidder.
What we really need is for China to send someone to Mars first, and suddenly 3% of GDP will be ploughed into NASA’s budget overnight.
No. Putting a Musk stooge in charge of NASA and giving contracts to SpaceX and Amazon Origin is what will keep us in low earth orbit.
They would look like defiant heroes for five minutes. Trump does some stunt to distract from it.
Nothing changes, but three very talented people throw away their careers they have worked hard on for decades.
Two years later Trump leaves office either way.
https://futurism.com/space/trump-call-moon-astronauts-awkward