Elon Musk is calling for NASA to ditch its Moon program, arguing that the "Moon is a distraction" and that "we're going straight to Mars.

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.

  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee
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    21 days ago

    There are no humans on starship when it is being re tanked in orbit, so no its not more dangerous to humans.

    Unmanned launches can’t be dangerous to humans? Even if there aren’t humans on the starship, you’re still talking about synchronized docking in orbit, which can fail and spew dangerous debris across leo.

    SpaceX are experts at in space docking, proven by their dragon capsule that docks perfectly with the space station evey time.

    Aww yes, two examples are surely a big enough sample to guarantee safety for the foreseeable future. Surely something that’s gone right twice has never failed in the future…

    startship launch will eventually be cheaper than a Falcon 9 launch.

    Maybe for individual launches, But for a lunar or mars mission…

    think most of you hate on SpaceX because of musk, and I agree fuck musk,

    Nah, I think SpaceX has done a lot of brilliant things. I just think musk has a tendency to over hype and over promise whenever he really gets involved in a project.