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

submitted 6 months ago by Domino@lemmings.world to c/world@quokk.au

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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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[–] formergijoe@lemmy.world 2 points 6 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 6 months ago

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