Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
I would note that Vance seems very interested in and supportive of space. A President Harris might have disbanded the Space Council, but I suspect that he will revitalize it.
Thoughts from Bob Zimmerman.
I would note that Vance seems very interested in and supportive of space. A President Harris might have disbanded the Space Council, but I suspect that he will revitalize it.
Did you see Eric’s latest at Arse [sic] Technica, about Starship’s 6th test? Guess he’s let the commenters get to him or something: “Wednesday’s announcement comes the day after the US presidential election in which Donald Trump was given a second term by American voters, and it is notable that he was assisted in this through an all-out effort by SpaceX founder Elon Musk.
Musk’s interventions in politics were highly controversial and alienated a significant segment of the US population and political class.”
Rather than cancel SLS, one should just require SLS take about 1/2 as much time between the SLS launches, and not to continue to delay it- but determine if and in what ways NASA involvement is slowing it down- and eliminate anything which NASA is doing that slows it down.