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Consequently, the South African billionaire has been put in charge of a so-called "Department of Government Efficiency" to excise $2 trillion from the national budget. Whether this advisory group will be able to take aim at the Artemis program remains to be seen.

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[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I always love the debate about fantasizing about anyone going to colonize Mars ..... we're having a hard time sustaining life here.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Musk is a bigoted lying piece of shit and also a Mars colony could lead to useful discovery, even ones we never could have anticipated. Science should never need to prove itself as useful 100% of the time. Many important discoveries were made by accident.

I would never ever want Musk to be anywhere near decisions about a Mars mission, or anything else of consequence though. Among many other reasons , he likely would prevent such unanticipated discoveries by being a stubborn narcissist...

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

I didn't realize humanity wasn't capable of working on both issues at the same time.

[-] formergijoe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

See the problem with that is Elon would have to hire more people, which would hurt his bottom line and require his money bin to fill at a slower rate. That's unacceptable.

[-] Zetta@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ SpaceX has hired a significant number of people at Starbase for the Starship program and are still hiring for said program

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