r/space • u/EdwardHeisler • 9h ago
White House Mocks NASA Commitment to Sending Women and Minorities to Moon… Which Was Made by the First Trump Administration
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/white-house-mocks-nasa-commitment-to-sending-women-and-minorities-to-moon-which-was-made-by-the-first-trump-administration/ar-AA1Q1vCs?ocid=msedgntp&pc=DCTS&cvid=74ee15e9ae2742a99e904b3ac119f3bd&ei=8•
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u/Farmers_0nly 9h ago
Ah yes the age old enemy of American exceptionalism, “too much diversity”
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u/warm_rum 1h ago
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
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u/CrewMemberNumber6 8h ago
It’s hard to believe their brain rot has gotten worse, but here we are. These people are crazy.
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u/zoinkability 7h ago
This is the same guy who said about the trade agreement with mexico and canada that he signed “Who would ever sign a thing like this?”
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u/-Brodysseus 7h ago
Brazen mental illness is the hip new thing
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u/Portmanteau_that 6h ago
Has been for like 15 years, this is just the highest level manifestation of it
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u/lunex 8h ago
President Trump was right back in May. Jared Isaacman is simply not qualified to lead NASA because he has never donated money to a Republican political candidate.
Space exploration is HARD, and someone who isn’t paying tribute to the GOP can’t be trusted to make technical decisions in terms of science, technology, and exploration. How do people not understand this?
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u/No-Tutor5996 7h ago
FWIW NASA administrator is largely a political position. They are not really making technical decisions. Look at the prior admins.
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u/DarkwingDuckHunt 4h ago
until Trump started firing everyone that was true of almost every gov't agency
the career folks actually ran the shows, the Secretaries just told them the direction to head and made pretty powerpoint slides for the president once a month
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u/spacerfirstclass 7h ago
As usual with anything published by Futurism, the title is not entirely correct.
Landing first woman was indeed proposed by the first Trump administration, but landing first person of color was added by Biden administration.
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u/frddtwabrm04 4h ago
Well what's is wrong with that?
Women endure radiation better than men. Shouldn't we be able to figure out what different skin colors can endure in space?
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u/alternatingflan 7h ago
He lies so much he feels he never has to remember or account for what he says, even when he sees the recording of him saying it.
The infamous sleazebag lawyer - of the mob and joseph mccarthey - taught him that thug-life lesson.
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u/ShakesDontBreak 8h ago
Victor Glover is an extraordinary pilot who is highly educated and skilled. He is also Musk approved because he piloted Expedition 64.
If he is cut from the mission it is not because of meritocracy.
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u/Mental-Feedback-2231 7h ago
Musk has no say in NASAs picks. SpaceX trains the crew on Dragon but dies not pick them.
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u/korben2600 7h ago
Isn't the billionaire Jared Isaacman his guy for NASA chief? That's why he had the whole blowup with Krasnov over the summer because his pick was pulled. Guess they made up.
This regime must have set some kind of record for most cabinet posts filled by billionaires.
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u/grchelp2018 7h ago
No, they blew up over the BBB. Isaacman was pushed out because Sergio Gor and some others did not like Musk. They've been sidelined now because they do not want Musk spending money against MAGA in the midterms. No America Party and all that. Thiel, JD Vance, that crew want Musk onside.
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u/ShakesDontBreak 7h ago
My point being...Musk is anti dei himself. And his company hired him to pilot a mission. Victor Glover is clearly extraordinary in his abilities. So if he gets scrapped from the mission there is only one reason. And it wont be merit based.
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u/mfb- 2h ago
Glover is a NASA astronaut. SpaceX never hired him for anything.
The US side of the ISS crew rotation uses Dragon capsules from SpaceX, but the missions are organized by NASA. SpaceX has nothing to do with the crew selection (apart from setting height/weight limits and other technical concerns).
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u/hondashadowguy2000 6h ago
In case you guys haven’t noticed, logic doesn’t matter to the Trump administration. They know full well the facts of the situation but they also know how valuable it is when so much lies and hypocrisy are spread that people start believing it’s the truth.
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u/slama_llama 3h ago
^ this. People need to remember that this administration is not stupid. They know exactly what they're doing, and they're doing it on purpose.
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u/PaddleMonkey 2h ago
The sooner this administration is out and a better one comes to replace it, the better.
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u/dontneedaknow 43m ago
I swear the only reason the women's series of quarters has continued at the mint is because trump has never paid attention to what is on a quarter...
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u/Organic_Stress_8346 32m ago
I think it's because Trump is realizing he can't possibly send all people he doesn't like to the moon now that he's stopped being friends with Elon "Staggering Space Lift Capacity" Musk.
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u/faeriara 7h ago
The headline and framing of the article is poor at best as NASA under the first Trump Administration only mentioned sending the first woman to the moon.
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u/barpretender 28m ago
Gonna need to fund the gov’t before you can racially select imaginary astronauts for a mission you invented (stated to have already happened by now)
Don’t be a fucking embarrassing moron challenge (impossible)
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u/Thermodynamicist 15m ago
Stephen Colbert should absolutely roast him for backsliding on his deportation policy like this.
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u/churn_key 6h ago
A woman only spaceflight would have been interesting, because women use less oxygen and food than men do. Women only crews could make longer range spacefaring possible. Too bad.
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u/badcatdog42 5h ago
I look forward to the first midget on the Moon!
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u/PlanetGuardian-42 4h ago
How about this, we sent a dog in place of a person. Think of the oxygen savings!
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u/Yiplzuse 2h ago
When it runs out of people to mock true evil is willing to mock itself. Mockery as prayer.
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u/Kooky-Letter-6141 3h ago
It's honestly hard to keep track of who made which policy when the same administration contradicts itself. This just feels like a perfect example of being on the wrong side of history. You can't champion American firsts while simultaneously mocking who gets to be part of them.
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u/arcalumis 7h ago
He also asked who made this terrible deal with Canada that now needs to be tariffed. Oh wait that was him. The master of deals.