Ten places where it could and should be cut.
[Friday-morning update]
The Trump administration needs to clean up the mess from Carter and Obama.
[Update a while later]
More budget-cutting ideas from Veronique de Rugy.
[Update a while later]
Waste, fraud, and abuse are not the problem; bureaucratic power is.
…explains why Trump won.
Climate change isn’t one of them.
How Trump crushed it.
Good riddance.
Huge decision holding that CEQ never had authority to issue the National Environmental Policy Act regulations that have been used for nearly half a century https://t.co/8Jn5TF4kT5 pic.twitter.com/KRn0ZDIbIS
— James Coleman (@EnergyLawProf) November 12, 2024
If SCOTUS upholds this, it can only be fixed with legislation. I expect SpaceX (and other people who want to build things) to go pedal to the metal now.
The launch industry is seeing the light (and in China as well). The biggest expendable we should expend is SLS.
A letter to Elon Musk.
Is it finished?
We can only hope. But it’s been around for over a century. Not sure what we need for a wooden stake.
Trent Telenko has the goods:
https://x.com/TrentTelenko/status/1855399210989834467Actually, I’m at DFW waiting for a flight to West Palm Beach. Then I’m driving up to the Cape for the Space Settlement Summit, where I expect to have some interesting conversations about the impact of the election on space. So probably light posting for a few days.
I’ll be back home on Sunday. Disport yourselves not inappropriately in comments.
[Update a few minutes later, before boarding]
Glenn Reynolds has some observations about the election, Elon, and space.