White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent

[publiusr]

Whatever is left of NASA and inherited by the next president, I still think Jared Isaacman would be a good choice for Administrator. I just hope it’s a president with at least some appreciation for science.

That would have to be Kelly.

Neither religious fundies or Greens care about space. A leftie would not have made these cuts to be sure --but might balk at reinstating them due to "more important" things getting a boost.

Thus my idea of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing NASA a 1% for space budget (at least $40 billion annually) and complete autonomy--so neither a Trump nor a Greta can ever hurt them again.

 

[Byeman]

Thus my idea of a constitutional amendment guaranteeing NASA a 1% for space budget (at least $40 billion annually) and complete autonomy--so neither a Trump nor a Greta can ever hurt them again.

That is delusional. That conflicts with the whole purpose of the US type of government.
a. the rest of the republic doesn't feel way.
b. That amendment would conflict with other amendments
c. There are other more important matters that require constitutional attention
d. Others like military hawks (and there are more of them than space nerds) would want their own amendments.

 

[Byeman]

That would have to be Kelly..

Not in this reality.

 

[Archibald]

Artemis is wasting money by using Artemis. it is not how to go about exploring the solar system

SLS-Orion is an obscenity. 4 billion a launch every 18 months... or more.

 

[NMaude]

That would have to be Kelly.

Why?

 

[publiusr]

He is the closest to NASA personnel...I think he would be most loyal.

 

[Byeman]

He is the closest to NASA personnel...I think he would be most loyal.

Says who? Astronauts make the worst administrators

 

[publiusr]

Let's say Bernie becomes President.
Earth science is increased--manned spaceflight might be forbidden.

The polar opposite of Trump's approach.

I don't think Kelly would go to either extreme. He seems well rounded.

 

[Byeman]

I don't think Kelly would go to either extreme. He seems well rounded.

Based on what? Does he "seem"to have the skills to manage a large aerospace organization?

 

[Byeman]

Let's say Bernie becomes President.
Earth science is increased--manned spaceflight might be forbidden.

The polar opposite of Trump's approach.

Pendulum isn't going to swing that far over

 

[Grey Havoc]

Neither religious fundies or Greens care about space.

Some greens do; unfortunately they tend to be (with a few honorable exceptions) to be in the extremely anti-space camp.

Pendulum isn't going to swing that far over

I fear that you may be poking oh most fickle fate there.

 

[publiusr]

Based on what? Does he "seem"to have the skills to manage a large aerospace organization?

I just don't see Kelly as an enemy of NASA

 

[martinbayer]

SLS-Orion is an obscenity. 4 billion a launch every 18 months... or more.

I remember well over a decade ago using an estimate of $1B for the launch cost of whatever the STS tech based heavy lifter with two SRBs was called at the time for an informal internal study and receiving a stern talking to from management, because it was double of what the 'official' cost projection at the time was...

 

[Archibald]

DIRECT was the best a SD-HLV had to offer, and it remained suboptimal, by a long shot.

 

[Byeman]

I just don't see Kelly as an enemy of NASA

that doesn't mean he would be a good administrator.

 

[martinbayer]

DIRECT was the best a SD-HLV had to offer, and it remained suboptimal, by a long shot.

There's been so/too many designs along that long, dusty NASA trail, but *ANY* concept with SRBs is a blight upon launch vehicle engineering.

 

[publiusr]

That's why Dynetics proffered Pyrios. Some kind of SD-HLV could have been had *decades* ago --that's what has me steamed.