• @eskimofry
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    61 month ago

    Did they ever consider the implications if Trump was president? He is a Russian Asset. So Putin is going to start rubbing his hands togethrr at the prospect of another cold war if trump is elected.

    • @[email protected]
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      31 month ago

      But Trump said they’d go to the moon faster and Pence and Bridenstine were space nerds!! Or something like that.

      With science missions already suffering a bit, I’d expect that to get even worse under a Trump admin. They’re talking about “loyalty” above all else, so their new NASA administrator would definitely be a political hack.

  • @[email protected]
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    41 month ago

    Mark Kelly would be awesome.

    I’d expect the status quo unless they say otherwise? I wonder if at some point there’ll be a move like the Obama admin cancelling Constellation to cut costs and pork. Artemis (SLS/Orion especially) could use a kick in the butt. Weird that those are Constellation leftovers… Gateway should probably also be scaled back or cancelled.

    A NASA Administrator like Lori Garver could be interesting. Based on her experience and thoughts on commercial cargo and crew, I guess I’d expect the ISS replacements to ramp up and starting to move further off SLS.