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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 3 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.636s | source
1. JumpCrisscross ◴[22 Oct 25 00:59 UTC] No.45663777[source]▶
None of this is real.

Duffy and Isaacman are fighting to be head of NASA. This is that fight spilling from Washington over the weekend onto Twitter today because of course it has with this administration.

Duffy, as acting head of NASA, is trying to lob a threat at Musk, Isaacman’s patron. He’s done so poorly, and so here we are.

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2. dboreham ◴[22 Oct 25 03:37 UTC] No.45664678[source]▶
In what way is Musk Isaacman's patron? He's a billionaire on his own.
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3. JumpCrisscross ◴[22 Oct 25 17:53 UTC] No.45672735[source]▶
> In what way is Musk Isaacman's patron? He's a billionaire on his own

But politically impotent. Isaacman was Musk's man at NASA. His nomination came up because of Musk. It was annulled because of Musk.

The question seems to be coming back up due to Isaacman's work. But because Isaacman is Musk's client, it's risen back to Musk and Duffy trading insults on Twitter. (Which, to be clear, is an elevation Duffy--purposely or inadvertently--caused.)