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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: 0s | 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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squigz ◴[21 Oct 25 20:09 UTC] No.45661025[source]▶
Didn't JFK say something about going to the moon by the end of the decade?
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nkrisc ◴[21 Oct 25 20:14 UTC] No.45661085[source]▶
Yes, and three astronauts died.
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1. squigz ◴[21 Oct 25 20:17 UTC] No.45661116[source]▶
Sure, I just don't think people reacted the way GP did when JFK said it.
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2. verdverm ◴[21 Oct 25 20:33 UTC] No.45661320[source]▶
The current admin is different, the times are different, the people are largely different, thus the interpretations and reactions are different