World News

989 readers

515 users here now

Rules:

Be a decent person
No spam
Add the byline, or write a line or two in the body about the article.

Other communities of interest:

!usa@ponder.cat

founded 6 months ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat

236

Elon Musk Trying to Scrap NASA's Moon Program (futurism.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Domino to c/world@quokk.au

48 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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 3 months ago

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