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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 1 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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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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cyberge99 ◴[21 Oct 25 20:20 UTC] No.45661164[source]▶
Which will backfire spectacularly when Obama is re-elected.
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zzrrt ◴[21 Oct 25 20:27 UTC] No.45661240[source]▶
I get the impulse and it would be amusing, but I have a feeling people are sick of "dynasty" Dem candidates for president (Hillary after her husband, Biden/Harris after each being VPs.) Feels like his legacy and appeal has kind of faded too. He was an exciting first-time candidate and good-enough incumbent, but third term?
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simondotau ◴[21 Oct 25 20:54 UTC] No.45661571[source]▶
Hillary sure, but they explicitly said Obama, not Clinton.

Nominating a VP as President isn’t dynastic, it’s been common practice for centuries.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_vice_presidents_of_the...

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heavyset_go ◴[21 Oct 25 23:16 UTC] No.45662997[source]▶
Something about powerful people handing power down being common practice for centuries seems dynasty-like to me.
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1. simondotau ◴[22 Oct 25 04:26 UTC] No.45664871{3}[source]▶
Handing your own power down to yourself — as is the case when a VP wins the primary and presidency, or Obama running for a third term — is not a “dynasty”.