Something shady and and that guy, name a more iconic duo.
ForsakenRacism on
He’s pals with Elon they are just going to give a bunch of money out to cronies.
No_Delivery_329 on
Yes that’s because he is doing business fraud as the president to benefit his billionaire friends.
“Elon, if you help me rig the elections I’ll gut nasa before the spacex ipo”
kvetcha-rdt on
I’d bet real money this was drafted by an LLM with a prompt basing it upon last year’s proposed budget
alvinofdiaspar on
Well, China is going to pick up samples from Mars a mere decade after first landing there. Where is the US in this?
DelcoPAMan on
“Sloppy and unprofessional ” is a good way to describe people with contempt for any kind of governing except destroying environmental regulation, shoveling money at the military, and turning loose government agents to kill immigrants.
ah85q on
NASA supports manufacturing, engineering, and science jobs in literally all 50 states. That’s where a large part of its budget goes; back to the taxpayers. This is the why NASA is still funded well. This is why Artemis happened at all. No representative or senator is going to vote to cut high-visibility jobs from their district or state like that. And looking at history, they still won’t.
Issacman supporting this budget cut is appalling on the surface but makes sense because 1) he knows that it won’t come to pass, and 2) he wants to keep his job. Coming out against Trump on this will get him fired and replaced with a crony who will systematically dismantle NASA to the bones as “retribution” for Issacman’s lack of fealty.
throwawayhyperbeam on
That’s quite the headline.
ideastoconsider on
Artemis II astronauts were quick to thank the current administration for making their journey possible.
Budget cuts do not necessarily mean a reduction in wildly important goal achievement. Most government budgets are far too bloated and deprioritized due to decades of bureaucracy.
hastings1033 on
It’s trump related. Shady is the bare minimum of what will be produced.
Kevadu on
Is there anything this administration has done that *isn’t* shady?
Hopsblues on
Let’s give ICE $40B and NASA $20B. Makes perfect sense……..
RulerOfSlides on
Cancel SpaceX contracts. Double NASA’s budget. True space nerds in direct control.
MysticMaven on
I mean, this has been pretty obvious for a few years now that NASA and SpaceX have been dealing in some dark money
mtnviewguy on
November can’t come soon enough.
KilroySmithson on
NASA projects will be modified or scuttled, and replaced with SpaceX and Blue Origin projects and contracts.
Shas_Erra on
“Shady”, “Trump”, “disastrous”, “budget”.
You could plug those four words into any sentence and it would not come as a surprise.
lunex on
Considering how successful Artemis II was on the technical, scientific, and human/communication fronts, you’d think the administration would reward the agency with a budget INCREASE.
Success should have positive outcomes
Blitzking11 on
Is no one going to address the elephant in the room with this picture?
creaturefeature16 on
>There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump…
amkronos on
$438 million to ~~“Mars Technology”~~ Elon Musk without providing any further cost breakdowns.
Now the budget makes sense.
WildWeezy on
Yeah….Trump made a budget. Cmon now.
TheUnholyJuan on
“There’s something extremely shady about trump” you could’ve just stopped there
TickingTheMoments on
If money for NASA is being severely cut, we the have to look at who is waiting in the outskirts of the aerospace industry (aside from SpaceX) that stands to make a crapload of money from privatizing everything NASA does.
SghnDubh on
Shady you say? Nahhhhhhhhhhhh.
thoruen on
does it matter how big the IPO gets if the next democratic president decides that SpaceX is too important to national security so they nationalize it?
bosonrider on
NASA is fast becoming a taxpayer funded R&D program for the whims of billionaires.
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|
|——-|———|—|
|[DoD](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og6w9sz “Last usage”)|US Department of Defense|
|[FCC](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og6s4x1 “Last usage”)|Federal Communications Commission|
| |(Iron/steel) [Face-Centered Cubic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_iron) crystalline structure|
|[NG](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og7d474 “Last usage”)|New Glenn, two/three-stage orbital vehicle by Blue Origin|
| |Natural Gas (as opposed to pure methane)|
| |Northrop Grumman, aerospace manufacturer|
|[SLS](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og7d474 “Last usage”)|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
Trump can budget however he likes but it is up to Congress to actually decide the dollar amount and there are lot of members from districts that depend on NASA for jobs. Last time this happened some of Trumps cuts were not implemented iirc
acf530 on
You didn’t need the last four words of that title.
joydivision84 on
To be fair. Nasa could save some money on ground based telescopes and just use their new leaders ears to pick up signals.
goochgrease2 on
Everything he does is super shady??? How is this news?
Robotboogeyman on
He might want to rethink, the Artemis launch was the only good press he’s gotten lately. Though, how would he feed Elon if NASA does anything…
KYresearcher42 on
You mean the space-x Elon approved NASA budget? Surely you jest……
AUCE05 on
NASA’s budget has stayed steady a 1% of GDP since the 70s.
Benjins on
NASA is literally the best thing about America right now. The Artemis mission was incredible. My 5 year old son wants to be an astronaut as a result.
America doesn’t want clever people anymore. It wants obedient people who will not challenge the President.
Baelgul on
> Dreier also pointed out that the White House was allocating $438 million to “Mars Technology” without providing any further cost breakdowns
Another free handout to Musk for no actual value?
micahpmtn on
“There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump’s Disastrous New NASA Budget”
39 Comments
Something shady and and that guy, name a more iconic duo.
He’s pals with Elon they are just going to give a bunch of money out to cronies.
Yes that’s because he is doing business fraud as the president to benefit his billionaire friends.
“Elon, if you help me rig the elections I’ll gut nasa before the spacex ipo”
I’d bet real money this was drafted by an LLM with a prompt basing it upon last year’s proposed budget
Well, China is going to pick up samples from Mars a mere decade after first landing there. Where is the US in this?
“Sloppy and unprofessional ” is a good way to describe people with contempt for any kind of governing except destroying environmental regulation, shoveling money at the military, and turning loose government agents to kill immigrants.
NASA supports manufacturing, engineering, and science jobs in literally all 50 states. That’s where a large part of its budget goes; back to the taxpayers. This is the why NASA is still funded well. This is why Artemis happened at all. No representative or senator is going to vote to cut high-visibility jobs from their district or state like that. And looking at history, they still won’t.
Issacman supporting this budget cut is appalling on the surface but makes sense because 1) he knows that it won’t come to pass, and 2) he wants to keep his job. Coming out against Trump on this will get him fired and replaced with a crony who will systematically dismantle NASA to the bones as “retribution” for Issacman’s lack of fealty.
That’s quite the headline.
Artemis II astronauts were quick to thank the current administration for making their journey possible.
Budget cuts do not necessarily mean a reduction in wildly important goal achievement. Most government budgets are far too bloated and deprioritized due to decades of bureaucracy.
It’s trump related. Shady is the bare minimum of what will be produced.
Is there anything this administration has done that *isn’t* shady?
Let’s give ICE $40B and NASA $20B. Makes perfect sense……..
Cancel SpaceX contracts. Double NASA’s budget. True space nerds in direct control.
I mean, this has been pretty obvious for a few years now that NASA and SpaceX have been dealing in some dark money
November can’t come soon enough.
NASA projects will be modified or scuttled, and replaced with SpaceX and Blue Origin projects and contracts.
“Shady”, “Trump”, “disastrous”, “budget”.
You could plug those four words into any sentence and it would not come as a surprise.
Considering how successful Artemis II was on the technical, scientific, and human/communication fronts, you’d think the administration would reward the agency with a budget INCREASE.
Success should have positive outcomes
Is no one going to address the elephant in the room with this picture?
>There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump…
$438 million to ~~“Mars Technology”~~ Elon Musk without providing any further cost breakdowns.
Now the budget makes sense.
Yeah….Trump made a budget. Cmon now.
“There’s something extremely shady about trump” you could’ve just stopped there
If money for NASA is being severely cut, we the have to look at who is waiting in the outskirts of the aerospace industry (aside from SpaceX) that stands to make a crapload of money from privatizing everything NASA does.
Shady you say? Nahhhhhhhhhhhh.
does it matter how big the IPO gets if the next democratic president decides that SpaceX is too important to national security so they nationalize it?
NASA is fast becoming a taxpayer funded R&D program for the whims of billionaires.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[DoD](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og6w9sz “Last usage”)|US Department of Defense|
|[FCC](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og6s4x1 “Last usage”)|Federal Communications Commission|
| |(Iron/steel) [Face-Centered Cubic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allotropes_of_iron) crystalline structure|
|[NG](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og7d474 “Last usage”)|New Glenn, two/three-stage orbital vehicle by Blue Origin|
| |Natural Gas (as opposed to pure methane)|
| |Northrop Grumman, aerospace manufacturer|
|[SLS](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og7d474 “Last usage”)|Space Launch System heavy-lift|
|Jargon|Definition|
|——-|———|—|
|[Starlink](/r/Space/comments/1slgvuo/stub/og6ruwi “Last usage”)|SpaceX’s world-wide satellite broadband constellation|
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Trump can budget however he likes but it is up to Congress to actually decide the dollar amount and there are lot of members from districts that depend on NASA for jobs. Last time this happened some of Trumps cuts were not implemented iirc
You didn’t need the last four words of that title.
To be fair. Nasa could save some money on ground based telescopes and just use their new leaders ears to pick up signals.
Everything he does is super shady??? How is this news?
He might want to rethink, the Artemis launch was the only good press he’s gotten lately. Though, how would he feed Elon if NASA does anything…
You mean the space-x Elon approved NASA budget? Surely you jest……
NASA’s budget has stayed steady a 1% of GDP since the 70s.
NASA is literally the best thing about America right now. The Artemis mission was incredible. My 5 year old son wants to be an astronaut as a result.
America doesn’t want clever people anymore. It wants obedient people who will not challenge the President.
> Dreier also pointed out that the White House was allocating $438 million to “Mars Technology” without providing any further cost breakdowns
Another free handout to Musk for no actual value?
“There’s Something Extremely Shady About Trump’s Disastrous New NASA Budget”
Ya think?
That dude is all ears to hear about it.