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…
One of the funny moments during a SpaceX rocket launch was when Elon Musk and the SpaceX team were launching at Vandenberg in California.
An organization concerned about Seal procreation forced SpaceX to “kidnap” a Seal, strap it to a board, and put headphones on and play sonic… pic.twitter.com/wA5RcqNwLq
This story of strangulation by over-regulation from @elonmusk about the government requiring @SpaceX to asses whether their rockets could potentially hit SHARKS and WHALES is side-splittingly hilarious. 🤣 pic.twitter.com/E06XIJm7zy
My only complaint about Bret’s performance is that he didn’t follow up on her statements that “I will follow the law,” with “but would you try to change the law to conform with your stated positions?”
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.
This is my favorite lane of propaganda to debunk. There is no proof that the 2020 election was stolen except:
1. Six states changed their election laws two months before the 2020 election by executive fiat, instead of going through the proper channels in the legislature. That… https://t.co/srNyBc4lW6
…are Democrats. And they should be ashamed of themselves for the deception. But they’re Democrats, so they have no shame.
[Afternoon update]
33 reasons why former Democrat Bill Ackman is voting for Trump:
A number of my good friends and family have been surprised about my decision to support @realDonaldTrump for president. They have been surprised because my political giving history has been mostly to Democrats, my voting registration has typically been Democrat (in NY, you must…