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They'll do this now and then act shocked when some of these ex nasa people end up working in Europe or China lol
Even without that factor, making deep cuts to research funding right before Cold War II: Electric Boogaloo seems like a bad move.
But haven't people wanted NASA to be more streamlined, and efficient? Not sure if that is reducing staffing, or changing its mission. SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow.
NASA and SpaceX aren't competitors. NASA's mission statement is "explore the unknown in air and space, innovate for the benefit of humanity, and inspire the world through discovery". SpaceX is a p̶u̶b̶l̶i̶c̶l̶y̶ ̶t̶r̶a̶d̶e̶d̶ privately held company whose mission is to increase shareholder value.
The mission is mars and the money making endeavors (starlink) are to bring in the cash to do that.
For obvious reasons, the people who are most able to find a good gig elsewhere are the most likely to elect to go do so; and they tend to be the people that you'll miss more.
Im not sure this applies. Good people at NASA were already capable of easily finding higher pay in the private sector. People work at NASA because they believe in the mission. So if they are leaving now they either stopped believing in the future of NASA because of this or they were money motivated and sucked.
And what exactly is left of the mission now? Not much to keep working for in that regard
They'll do this now and then act shocked when some of these ex nasa people end up working in Europe or China lol
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Even without that factor, making deep cuts to research funding right before Cold War II: Electric Boogaloo seems like a bad move.
If you were acting on behalf of the other players in the sequel, these would be great moves.
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Im not sure this applies. Good people at NASA were already capable of easily finding higher pay in the private sector. People work at NASA because they believe in the mission. So if they are leaving now they either stopped believing in the future of NASA because of this or they were money motivated and sucked.
> People work at NASA because they believe in the mission. And what exactly is left of the mission now? Not much to keep working for in that regard
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Im not sure this applies. Good people at NASA were already capable of easily finding higher pay in the private sector. People work at NASA because they believe in the mission. So if they are leaving now they either stopped believing in the future of NASA because of this or they were money motivated and sucked.
> People work at NASA because they believe in the mission. And what exactly is left of the mission now? Not much to keep working for in that regard
But haven't people wanted NASA to be more streamlined, and efficient? Not sure if that is reducing staffing, or changing its mission. SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow.
But haven't people wanted NASA to be more streamlined, and efficient? Not sure if that is reducing staffing, or changing its mission. SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow.
>leaps and bounds repeated explosions?
But haven't people wanted NASA to be more streamlined, and efficient? Not sure if that is reducing staffing, or changing its mission. SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow.
>SpaceX making such leaps and bounds over NASA had to be a shot across the bow. SpaceX, which has been awarded tens of billions in government contracts from NASA, is making leaps and bounds over NASA? I think in 2022 almost 50% of SpaceX revenue was NASA contracts. All those leaps and bounds over NASA are literally NASA funded.