Elon has mentioned anything about cutting the NASA waste

[YoursTruly]

All this fraud and waste that Elon and his team have uncovered, is highly commendable. We all should appreciate these reductions. After all, 99% of do not benefit from most of what they're finding and cutting. But when it comes to SpaceX & NASA, it's all wasted money.
It's wasted because we don't benefit from space travel. 99.99999% of the American people will never leave earths atmosphere for thousands of years.
The closest possible habitable planet is over 4 light years away. So if we had a spaceship that went like 1000 miles per second, it would still take something like 200 years to get there.
I think the idea of space travel is fascinating. And if we weren't trillions in debt already, I'd say go for it. But we are trillions in debt.

As Musk works to slash federal spending, his own firms have received billions in government contracts​

As billionaire businessman Elon Musk has been leading an unprecedented effort to slash government spending, his own companies have, over the last several years, received an increasing amount of funding through government contracts, according to federal spending data.

Over the last decade, Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla were awarded at least $18 billion in federal contracts, according to spending data -- with SpaceX winning more than $17 billion worth of contracts since 2015.

Federal contracts to SpaceX doubled at the beginning of the Biden administration, going from $1.1 billion in the 2020 fiscal year to $2.2 billion in the 2021 fiscal year. The contracts continued to grow under Biden, reaching $3.7 billion during the 2024 fiscal year.

 

[The Duke]

All this fraud and waste that Elon and his team have uncovered, is highly commendable. We all should appreciate these reductions. After all, 99% of do not benefit from most of what they're finding and cutting. But when it comes to SpaceX & NASA, it's all wasted money.
It's wasted because we don't benefit from space travel. 99.99999% of the American people will never leave earths atmosphere for thousands of years.
The closest possible habitable planet is over 4 light years away. So if we had a spaceship that went like 1000 miles per second, it would still take something like 200 years to get there.
I think the idea of space travel is fascinating. And if we weren't trillions in debt already, I'd say go for it. But we are trillions in debt.

As Musk works to slash federal spending, his own firms have received billions in government contracts​

As billionaire businessman Elon Musk has been leading an unprecedented effort to slash government spending, his own companies have, over the last several years, received an increasing amount of funding through government contracts, according to federal spending data.

Over the last decade, Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla were awarded at least $18 billion in federal contracts, according to spending data -- with SpaceX winning more than $17 billion worth of contracts since 2015.

Federal contracts to SpaceX doubled at the beginning of the Biden administration, going from $1.1 billion in the 2020 fiscal year to $2.2 billion in the 2021 fiscal year. The contracts continued to grow under Biden, reaching $3.7 billion during the 2024 fiscal year.

Patience, Padawan.
Also, this thread is probably going down in flames.

 

[ThisIsMe]

All this fraud and waste that Elon and his team have uncovered, is highly commendable. We all should appreciate these reductions. After all, 99% of do not benefit from most of what they're finding and cutting. But when it comes to SpaceX & NASA, it's all wasted money.
It's wasted because we don't benefit from space travel. 99.99999% of the American people will never leave earths atmosphere for thousands of years.
The closest possible habitable planet is over 4 light years away. So if we had a spaceship that went like 1000 miles per second, it would still take something like 200 years to get there.
I think the idea of space travel is fascinating. And if we weren't trillions in debt already, I'd say go for it. But we are trillions in debt.

As Musk works to slash federal spending, his own firms have received billions in government contracts​

As billionaire businessman Elon Musk has been leading an unprecedented effort to slash government spending, his own companies have, over the last several years, received an increasing amount of funding through government contracts, according to federal spending data.

Over the last decade, Musk's companies SpaceX and Tesla were awarded at least $18 billion in federal contracts, according to spending data -- with SpaceX winning more than $17 billion worth of contracts since 2015.

Federal contracts to SpaceX doubled at the beginning of the Biden administration, going from $1.1 billion in the 2020 fiscal year to $2.2 billion in the 2021 fiscal year. The contracts continued to grow under Biden, reaching $3.7 billion during the 2024 fiscal year.

But we have a lot of technology because of the space program

 

[YoursTruly]

But we have a lot of technology because of the space program

None of it was invented in space.

 

[toobfreak]

After all, 99% of do not benefit from most of what they're finding and cutting.
It's wasted because we don't benefit from space travel.

Idiotic remark of the month.

Whether you ever go into space or not is not the question. Without the space program (much like the military), we would not have developed many of the things around us we depend on and take for granted today. More to the point:

Space travel is giving us answers to questions which may ultimately help both the Earth and ourselves to survive long term.

 

[ThisIsMe]

None of it was invented in space.

Much of it was invented because of going to space.

..necessity is the mother of invention....

 

[Scoutster]

The first cut should be to that Boeing bullshit space program, complete failure . They can’t even build Air Force ones to budget and on time, the company is fucked.

 

[Scoutster]

Ask, and you shall receive

Nasa announces shuttering of two departments and office of chief scientist

Office of technology, policy and strategy and one covering DEI initiatives were eliminated in line with ‘efficiency’ cuts

www.theguardian.com

 

[elektra]

. After all, 99% of do not benefit from most of what they're finding and cutting. But when it comes to SpaceX & NASA, it's all wasted money.

Launching satellites is a waste of money? You don't benefit from communications, the internet, weather reporting?

SpaceX launches the least expensive rockets in the world. Nobody comes close to competing with SpaceX

 

[JohnDB]

 

[BluesLegend]

There's already been a round of cuts when Trump gutted the DEI stupid shit.

 

[ColonelAngus]

It was nice of Elon to bring the Astronauts home when Biden refused to do it because of politics.

8 days turned into 270 because of left wing cult fuck politics.

 

[JohnDB]

By the end of today, NASA’s workforce will be about 10 percent smaller

A dark and painful day at a space agency that brings so much light and joy to the world.

arstechnica.com

 

[SeaMajor7]

Cut all global warming fudged data.

 

[YoursTruly]

Launching satellites is a waste of money? You don't benefit from communications, the internet, weather reporting?

SpaceX launches the least expensive rockets in the world. Nobody comes close to competing with SpaceX

It Elon wants to fund all that, fine. But he's got millions in NASA contracts. That means we're paying for it.

 

[elektra]

It Elon wants to fund all that, fine. But he's got millions in NASA contracts. That means we're paying for it.

Yes, Musk has over a billion in nasa contracts. Gove those contracts to anyone else then the cost goes up to tens of billions.

You think we should buy much more expensive rockets? From who?

 

[Orangecat]

Elon has mentioned anything about cutting the NASA waste​

He’s mentioned “anything”?
Kinda awkward there, son.