This is a non-serious plan to use as an excuse to funnel billions to friends in the private sector. It will never get even a 10th of the way there.
hutch_man0 on
Makes sense. I never really understood the value of the lunar space station. Fly all the way there to be stuck in a floating can? We can do that on the ISS.
JigglymoobsMWO on
This makes a lot of sense. The previous Lunar Gateway plan served no special purpose and seemed too much like a nice to have when there’s only enough resources for essentials.
ktaktb on
This is about the new grift
Selling people moon land rights
$trumpmoon$ coin
sloppybuttmustard on
Trump Hotel and Casino Sea of Tranquility coming soon to a moon near you
aluke000 on
NASA decisions by this administration are now based on pathetically trying to keep up with the Chinese in the public eye, who are making massive strides in technology in multiple key areas, whereas the US is shifting budget from sciences to tax cuts for the rich and also cutting education to the bone in order to more easily control the thoughts and ideas of future generations. China has essentially been gifted the mantle of being the new leader of the free world, by power hungry conservative.
Longwell2020 on
Ya with the power of starship the station became kinda redundant.
Stevepitt2 on
I said it right along. Once China’s goal is a moon base the new moon base space race is on.
jumpingflea_1 on
Make up your mind, guys! What do you want to build?
Decronym on
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[HALO](/r/Space/comments/1s2ocv8/stub/oca6ux7 “Last usage”)|Habitation and Logistics Outpost|
|[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1s2ocv8/stub/oca62sp “Last usage”)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|[NRHO](/r/Space/comments/1s2ocv8/stub/oca5jna “Last usage”)|Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit|
Decronym is now also available on Lemmy! Requests for support and new installations should be directed to the Contact address below.
It seems like the international partners for the Gateway station learned that the program has been deferred (not cancelled) during the presentation itself. This seems sloppy and unprofessional. Folks kept saying this is “leadership” during the presentation, being dictatorial is not leadership.
Crypto_Force_X on
Then China and Russia declare they will build moon bases. Then we get the Space Force Netflix TV show. The prophecy must be fulfilled.
![[Berger] NASA kills lunar space station to focus on ambitious Moon base](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/WBu6HuXwGbPZIjWlA2jJf2CFrQQVXslIr_CyB_Qc61w-1024x444.jpeg "[Berger] NASA kills lunar space station to focus on ambitious Moon base")
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This is a non-serious plan to use as an excuse to funnel billions to friends in the private sector. It will never get even a 10th of the way there.
Makes sense. I never really understood the value of the lunar space station. Fly all the way there to be stuck in a floating can? We can do that on the ISS.
This makes a lot of sense. The previous Lunar Gateway plan served no special purpose and seemed too much like a nice to have when there’s only enough resources for essentials.
This is about the new grift
Selling people moon land rights
$trumpmoon$ coin
Trump Hotel and Casino Sea of Tranquility coming soon to a moon near you
NASA decisions by this administration are now based on pathetically trying to keep up with the Chinese in the public eye, who are making massive strides in technology in multiple key areas, whereas the US is shifting budget from sciences to tax cuts for the rich and also cutting education to the bone in order to more easily control the thoughts and ideas of future generations. China has essentially been gifted the mantle of being the new leader of the free world, by power hungry conservative.
Ya with the power of starship the station became kinda redundant.
I said it right along. Once China’s goal is a moon base the new moon base space race is on.
Make up your mind, guys! What do you want to build?
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[HALO](/r/Space/comments/1s2ocv8/stub/oca6ux7 “Last usage”)|Habitation and Logistics Outpost|
|[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1s2ocv8/stub/oca62sp “Last usage”)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|[NRHO](/r/Space/comments/1s2ocv8/stub/oca5jna “Last usage”)|Near-Rectilinear Halo Orbit|
Decronym is now also available on Lemmy! Requests for support and new installations should be directed to the Contact address below.
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It seems like the international partners for the Gateway station learned that the program has been deferred (not cancelled) during the presentation itself. This seems sloppy and unprofessional. Folks kept saying this is “leadership” during the presentation, being dictatorial is not leadership.
Then China and Russia declare they will build moon bases. Then we get the Space Force Netflix TV show. The prophecy must be fulfilled.