I wrote a long-form post at X.
It's been exactly twenty years ago today since Burt Rutan, with money provided by the late Paul Allen, won the Ansari X-Prize with SpaceShipOne. The hope at the time was that it would lead to a robust suborbital space tourism industry, allowing hundreds or thousands of people to…
— Not-So-OK Boomer (@Rand_Simberg) October 4, 2024
The federal government is long past due for a downsizing. In some cases that can be accomplished by a shuffle, such as transferring the duties of FAA-AST (but not the personnel) to Space Force.
I hope the the right space nerds are positioning themselves for a place in the next Trump administration. Presidents have a lot going on and need reliable people in and out of the administration to get things like this done