@NASAAdmin When will this become old-school, as we deploy communication satellites around the Moon enabling communication with Earth, even when the spacecraft is directly covered by the Moon?
@rookisaacman@POTUS@SecDuffy@NASA I just screamed with joy in the middle of the night, probably waking up some neighbours.
This is the turning point in the history of spaceflight. 🥹
This is a turning point for the history of NASA and space exploration.
Jared couldn’t phrase it better:
“You know SpaceX, back at home we all have a lot of work to do, but from here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world”
Thank you, Mr. President @POTUS, for this opportunity. It will be an honor to serve my country under your leadership. I am also very grateful to @SecDuffy, who skillfully oversees @NASA alongside his many other responsibilities.
The support from the space-loving community has been overwhelming. I am not sure how I earned the trust of so many, but I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations.
To the innovators building the orbital economy, to the scientists pursuing breakthrough discoveries and to dreamers across the world eager for a return to the Moon and the grand journey beyond--these are the most exciting times since the dawn of the space age-- and I truly believe the future we have all been waiting for will soon become reality.
And to the best and brightest at NASA, and to all the commercial and international partners, we have an extraordinary responsibility--but the clock is running. The journey is never easy, but it is time to inspire the world once again to achieve the near-impossible--to undertake and accomplish big, bold endeavors in space...and when we do, we will make life better here at home and challenge the next generation to go even further.
NASA will never be a caretaker of history--but will forever make history.
Godspeed, President Donald J. Trump, and Godspeed NASA, as America leads the greatest adventure in human history 🇺🇸
Elon wouldn’t be doing this if he wasn’t comfortable enough without NASA’s help.
SpaceX is such a huge company that they do not need NASA’s funding to survive (although how great it would be for the whole of spaceflight if they worked closely together).
Credit: @xdNiBoR
This means the US wouldn’t have a way to get anything (cargo or humans) up to the ISS.
Can’t really depend on Starliner (or Cygnus which gets launched by Falcon 9).
I’m back from hibernation!
I’m sure in the last 2 months Starship finally managed to reach orbit, release Starlink dummies, and that they’re well underway with Ship catch. And Elon is working closely with Trump on the Mars plan right?
Oh, and Jared must be confirmed by now as the head of NASA! So exciting!
Right??