Omniscient Elon Musk seez.... 4

[WKTaylor]

Sounds like Musk wants to start throwing resources and humans towards Mars like SpaceX is throwing Xperimental Starships over the Gulf Mexico and the Caribbean in 'lets try this... hold my beer' launches... and wants EVERYTHING ELSE OUT-OF-SpaceX's way [to Mars].​

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The ISS should be deorbited 'as soon as possible,' Elon Musk says: 'Let's go to Mars'​

The ISS should be deorbited 'as soon as possible,' Elon Musk says: 'Let's go to Mars'

"It has served its purpose. There is very little incremental utility."

www.space.com

OH... And the SLS program... hence astronaut return to the moon... is is likely to get canceled by defunding...

Boeing plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on NASA's SLS moon rocket: reports

Boeing plans to lay off hundreds of employees working on NASA's SLS moon rocket: reports

Boeing notified employees it is planning to issue layoff notices "to align with revisions to the Artemis program and cost expectations."

www.space.com

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OH... AND... The Web Space Telescope science/maintenance budget is also 'up' for significant funding cut as astronomers are clawing for precious observation time.
I guess the Musk-Man is expecting astronomers and scientists and technicians to do more with less... or fund it themselves... BUT wait... uncertainty and arbitrary federal budge cuts are everywhere.

'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch

'It's extremely worrisome.' NASA's James Webb Space Telescope faces potential 20% budget cut just 4 years after launch

Such a dramatic cut to a flagship space telescope still in its prime will be felt across the mission's entire operations, affecting science.

www.space.com

Hmmm... I bet-ya if Musk had 'come onboard' before The WST launch... it would be in open-storage, somewhere in California.

Hmmm... I wonder what the ultimate price we all will pay... for all of this budget 'streamlining'.

'Death by a thousand [budget] cuts.' --me

 

[WKTaylor]

A few hundred workers on-site, SpaceX 'Star City' [or whatever they call it... 'shades of Russia'] voted to incorporate the tiny TX launch site as a 'city'.

Hmmmm... I wonder what the local/long-time surrounding TX residents... within spitting distance... think about this??

 

[IRstuff]

A few hundred workers on-site, SpaceX 'Star City' [or whatever they call it... 'shades of Russia'] voted to incorporate the tiny TX launch site as a 'city'.

Hmmmm... I wonder what the local/long-time surrounding TX residents... within spitting distance... think about this??

It looks like Star City is somewhat isolated from Brownsville, which appears to be the nearest city