Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Moon program, arguing that the "Moon is a distraction" and that "we're going straight to Mars.

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.

  • Zetta
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    5 days ago

    Aww yes, two examples are surely a big enough sample to guarantee safety for the foreseeable future. Surely something that’s gone right twice has never failed in the future…

    SpaceX has docked over 40 times with the ISS with no issues, of course, there’s always a chance for something to go wrong, no matter how reliable a system. But you’re grasping at straws with this point, they demonstratively know how to dock in space.

    Nah, I think SpaceX has done a lot of brilliant things. I just think musk has a tendency to over hype and over promise whenever he really gets involved in a project.

    You are absolutely correct, musk always overhypes the shit out of everything and he is always late on his promises. But SpaceX has always delivered and there’s no evidence to suggest they won’t keep delivering on their promises into the future.

    I still stand by my opinion on the price of the launches. You’re concern about LEO debris is a non concern for me because like I said SpaceX knows how to dock in space. I guarantee the first few tests will be in very low orbit so that if something goes wrong all the debris will decay quickly and not risk any infrastructure we have in space.