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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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[–] [email protected] 87 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

Gee wouldn't have anything to do with sabotaging his competition so he can corruptly profit? Sounds like someone needs to drain the swamp of this scum.

[–] freeman 53 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 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 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

he HSS been

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

[–] freeman 2 points 3 weeks ago

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

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