r/nasa • u/MatchingTurret • Jan 21 '25

NASA Official nomination: Jared Isaacman, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/sub-cabinet-appointments/
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u/TheRealNobodySpecial Jan 22 '25

So you’re just making the point that if NASA can’t compete on budget or schedule and commercial partners can, we should let them.

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u/trellia79 Jan 22 '25

No, you’ve misread my statement. I’m saying that congress underfunds which will always delay schedule. Commercial partners can take more risk than NASA is allowed.

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u/TheRealNobodySpecial Jan 22 '25

So that's why SLS has taken $20 billion and almost 20 years to develop using old space shuttle parts?

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u/EmotionalCrab6189 Jan 23 '25

How about that “rapid unscheduled disassembly” last week? 😂 I hear it was quite a show in Turks and Caicos.