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Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA's Moon Program (futurism.com)
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Consequently, the South African billionaire has been put in charge of a so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" to excise $2 trillion from the national budget. Whether this advisory group will be able to take aim at the Artemis program remains to be seen.

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

I always love the debate about fantasizing about anyone going to colonize Mars ..... we're having a hard time sustaining life here.

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 3 points 5 months ago

I didn't realize humanity wasn't capable of working on both issues at the same time.

[-] formergijoe@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

See the problem with that is Elon would have to hire more people, which would hurt his bottom line and require his money bin to fill at a slower rate. That's unacceptable.

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 5 months ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ SpaceX has hired a significant number of people at Starbase for the Starship program and are still hiring for said program

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