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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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[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

He is not even sabotaging his competition. Starship is supposed to be part of the program and despite the spin will not be ready.

So he wants to cancel the program that has real deadlines so he can keep promising he will colonize Mars in the next 5 years, which he has been claiming for some time now.

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

he HSS been

That's a funny auto correct. Do you talk about high speed steel a lot?

[–] casmael@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

His Ship’s Ship

[–] freeman@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Nope, no clue why it auto corrected to that, or that I even managed to mistype has.