(11-11-2024, 09:42 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote:

(11-11-2024, 08:59 PM)homebiscuit Wrote: This is a well-written article which examines the effect a new Trump administration will have on NASA. Particularly, this President's coziness with Elon Musk and how such a relationship could benefit Musk and take on the air of cronyism and partisanship. Rightfully so. But this writer took the time to delve into the issues and reveals how Elon could benefit taxpayers, especially when the jaw dropping numbers of how over-budget and past schedule NASA is. It's incredible. NASA and its contractors resemble nothing more than a bloated federally funded jobs program. But they could be streamlined with increased competition from SpaceX. 

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/...xploration

Elon definitely swung for the fences in aligning with Trump. We don't need to substitute once set of crony capitalists with another, but if they can keep some boundaries on that relationship, it could be a win-win-win.