[ExI] What happens to US space programs after November?

[Adrian Tymes]

Right, but what about the past 3 years?

If Trump is reelected, I doubt he would cancel SLS despite having an
ambitious space program.  It takes a realistic space program to do that,
one that actually tries to accomplish its goals instead of being bread and
circuses - and realism is not one of Trump's strong suits.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 12:32 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I guess that, IF Trump is re-elected and IF his administration is
> really in favor of ambitious space programs, sooner or later they will
> be forced to realize that the SLS is far too expensive compared to
> emerging commercial alternatives. But canceling the SLS and switching
> Artemis to commercial launch/cargo providers would require major
> political actions and backstage negotiations. It doesn't make sense
> for the current administration to do that before November.
>
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 9:20 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
> <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 16, 2020 at 12:13 AM Giulio Prisco via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Of course I agree that the SLS should be canceled and the money used
> >> to buy launch and cargo services from Musk &co. But that would be a
> >> political decision that only an administration with an ambitious space
> >> program would make. Otherwise, better let large legacy companies and
> >> their politicians continue to profit from the status quo.
> >
> >
> > Whatever else can (and should) be said about Trump, he is in favor of
> ambitious space programs.  And yet, SLS does not look like it will be
> defunded this side of November.
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