>Reducing the size of the crew complement of Crew Dragon missions from four to three, starting with Crew-12 in February 2026
So NASA will pay full price for launches for the richest man in the world, but will produce less than 75% of the science from that? Is this that famous DOGE efficiency that Musk brags so much about?
maksimkak on
Meanwhile Russia will carry on as normal, I guess?
Metahec on
We make a huge investment to launch and build the thing and then under-use it while its still operational? Highly illogical.
the_fungible_man on
Since no one can be bothered to read the article:
>The cuts are by no means a certainty. There was some confusion on Wednesday because, although the cuts appear to align with the Trump administration’s goals, **they were not being considered at the request of Trump space officials or in response to the budget release.** Rather, they were made at the programmatic level.
Makes the headline choice seem a bit disingenuous.
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>Reducing the size of the crew complement of Crew Dragon missions from four to three, starting with Crew-12 in February 2026
So NASA will pay full price for launches for the richest man in the world, but will produce less than 75% of the science from that? Is this that famous DOGE efficiency that Musk brags so much about?
Meanwhile Russia will carry on as normal, I guess?
We make a huge investment to launch and build the thing and then under-use it while its still operational? Highly illogical.
Since no one can be bothered to read the article:
>The cuts are by no means a certainty. There was some confusion on Wednesday because, although the cuts appear to align with the Trump administration’s goals, **they were not being considered at the request of Trump space officials or in response to the budget release.** Rather, they were made at the programmatic level.
Makes the headline choice seem a bit disingenuous.