This made me briefly like Trump, but then the reaction of the NASA official underlined the futility of the gesture.https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1087928800581685249 …
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The thing that got me was the "video call" nonsense. People today can make on-demand streaming calls on portable devices from planes. Geosync comm satellites are up at 36,000km. Is the geometry between a 10km flight and 400km ISS orbit that divergent?
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I wouldn't worry about the details since the whole story is cheap fanfic.
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! They don't know how to negotiate.
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If someone with a lot of money offers you a blank check to go to Mars, you say "Thank you." Why isn't it done yet, you say, well, "We need more money, but in the meantime we built this amazing staging moon base." If someone else comes along and says, "I'm cutting your funding."..
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You say, "Well, okay, but would you first like a trip to the moon base." Then when the inevitable terrible rocket accident happens, you say to the next guy, "Well, we need more money to make sure that never happens again." Ten year financial plan for NASA in five minutes.
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They're in a weird double-bind where they are compelled to grift for megabillions but they cannot bring themselves to accept Orange Man's money.
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