Nearly 30 former NASA astronauts have signed a letter endorsing Jared Isaacman as the agency’s next administrator, calling on the Senate to consider his nomination as soon as possible.
  • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
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    2 days ago

    My read on this is that it’s a “please don’t let eel-on-musk kill NASA” because that’s what eel-on-musk is trying to do, because he thinks he can just drop in SpaceX as a replacement and make shitloads of money.

    • threelonmusketeersOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      please don’t let eel-on-musk kill NASA

      Is the risk that if Isaacman is not confirmed by the senate, that the administration would appoint someone else?

      he thinks he can just drop in SpaceX as a replacement

      …which is a ludicrous idea. SpaceX may provide a great ride to orbit, but they are ill-equipped to design and manage NASA’s plethora of science programs.

      • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Haven’t you heard? The new strategic direction of the government is YOLO. Move fast break things.

        You are assuming rational actors. These are not rational actors. I cannot emphasize that enough. I do not understand why so many people have so much difficulty understanding that point. Stop being surprised by it, for fucks sake. Stop bending over backwards looking for a strategic 4d+i chess reason why this makes sense. It’s far simpler than that. It doesn’t make sense. They don’t care, because it’s not relevant to their target parameters.