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The cuts coming to NASA are the beginning of the end of the Agency.

Jared Isaacman was to be the next Administrator of NASA. Isaacman is another billionaire buddy of Trump and Elon Musk. He bought a couple of rides on Musk’s vehicles and conducted the first private spacewalk. (Video here) His confirmation was all but guaranteed but he was asked about his relationship with Musk and the concern about privatizing NASA with tax dollars going to Musk and SpaceX. That didn’t go well.

Isaacman spoke out against the proposed cuts to NASA and sealed his fate as the Administrator. Trump pulled his nomination just prior to a Senate vote to confirm. Isaacman made the mistake of taking his lips off of Trump’s ass and speaking out. Isaacman is out and a yes man will be nominated. According to NPR:

“After a thorough review of prior associations, I am hereby withdrawing the nomination of Jared Isaacman to head NASA,” Trump wrote on his social media site. “I will soon announce a new Nominee who will be Mission aligned, and put America First in Space.”

The cuts are coming and Elon Musk will suck the life out of the remainder of the Agency. Here at JSC the Gateway Program will end. The Orion vehicle will end even though it has already been designed, tested, and flown. The heavy lift vehicle, SLS, will end even though it has already been designed, tested, and flown. These cuts will leave NASA/JSC with only the International Space Station up until 2030. Musk will then take over the Agency, it’s workforce, and the facilities.

Trump thinks he and Musk will be responsible for landing a human on Mars before the end of his reign. In reality landing on Mars will not happen for many decades, long after he is entombed in a monument on the grounds of the Vietnam Memorial.

Count on it.

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