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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 2 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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bahmboo ◴[21 Oct 25 19:15 UTC] No.45660320[source]▶
"The president and I want to get to the moon in this president's term" - Sean Duffy NASA administrator.

A scary way to set a schedule on a complex project with lives at stake. They don't care though.

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WalterBright ◴[21 Oct 25 19:23 UTC] No.45660416[source]▶
Having a deadline is how things get done. With no deadline, nothing gets accomplished.
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bahmboo ◴[21 Oct 25 19:26 UTC] No.45660462[source]▶
This is a political deadline with no grounding in reality.
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1. echelon ◴[21 Oct 25 19:53 UTC] No.45660846[source]▶
I feel like that attitude has kept us on earth all this time.

We let people do stupid shit and kill themselves all the time. Driving 80+ MPH, driving motorcycles, recreational drugs, alcohol, climbing Everest, etc.

I think it's fine. If I were in the position, I'd sign up to do this.

The moon is meaningful.

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2. MarsIronPI ◴[21 Oct 25 20:03 UTC] No.45660963[source]▶
> The moon will be desecrated by Trump planting some gaudy gilded flag with his name on it.

Let's be serious, please. When has Trump ever stuck his name or face on anything nationally meaningful?