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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 4 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 1.014s | 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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jm4 ◴[21 Oct 25 20:02 UTC] No.45660957[source]▶
The silver lining is that they are operating under the assumption that he will leave office at the conclusion of his term.
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sigmoid10[dead post] ◴[21 Oct 25 20:13 UTC] No.45661073[source]▶
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NoMoreNicksLeft ◴[21 Oct 25 20:24 UTC] No.45661213{3}[source]▶
>Don't be fooled by this pretense. MAGA republicans are already actively working towards getting him another term

Yes, he's in such excellent health, I can definitely see him living (and non-comatose!) long enough for that.

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1. hinkley ◴[21 Oct 25 20:57 UTC] No.45661612[source]▶
I’m surprised he is vertical. He acts like how Biden looks.
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2. 0cf8612b2e1e ◴[21 Oct 25 21:17 UTC] No.45661838[source]▶
I expect him to be walled off from external appearances within some amount of time so he can focus on truly important projects. Like redesigning the lawn. Or the amount of gold leaf on everything.

My real question, if/when that happens, who is pulling the strings with the most sway?

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3. overfeed ◴[21 Oct 25 21:50 UTC] No.45662171[source]▶
Vought and Miller
4. NoMoreNicksLeft ◴[22 Oct 25 23:05 UTC] No.45676280[source]▶
>My real question, if/when that happens, who is pulling the strings with the most sway?

I think it's evident that no one is in firm control. The Elon Musk fallout was that... Musk overreached or miscalculated, and one of the other contenders saw the opportunity to oust him. But I don't think that contender has consolidated his hold yet, Trump's too flighty. The answer could be changing day to day, depending on which asshat manages to ambush him first (or best) as they walk to the meeting room.