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

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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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[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 7 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Oh. NASA is getting scrapped?

I guess the only nation that will continue with spacecraft innovation will be china

[–] teolan@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

The European space agency exists

[–] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 32 minutes ago

You think they’re competing at China’s level?

[–] isles@lemmy.world 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Oh no, you see, if we give public funds to private corps for space, that's better for the public.

Tap for spoiler

[–] Hackworth@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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