In response to the rumblings that Boeing, Lockmart, and NG are going to refuse any future fixed-price contracts from NASA.

For decades, Congress has mandated that NASA be a jobs program because that allows Congress to direct the jobs to the NASA centers and LM/Boeing/subcontractor plants in their districts and states. Just look at the PowerPoints created for space projects: EVERY one has a US map…

— David Gump (@SoldTheMoon) October 24, 2024

Oh no!! Anyways… https://t.co/RW1yWOtY27 pic.twitter.com/0JzpRjEs83

— Ken Kirtland IV (@KenKirtland17) October 24, 2024

[Update a few minutes later]

Society if Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman stop bidding on NASA projects https://t.co/1iY2gt5LEg pic.twitter.com/eEJ7OExSkl

— Ken Kirtland IV (@KenKirtland17) October 24, 2024

First Scientific American, and now Michael Bloomberg is calling for an end to SLS/Orion.

He doesn’t seem to think that it’s important to send people, but that doesn’t matter, because Starship could do it anyway. Congress wouldn’t be happy to see China beat us back.