[Reno89519]

I think NASA needs a complete makeover and revisit their mission. Sure, save some money from the bloated bureaucracy but for savings, how about other areas of funding? Like money sent overseas as a starter.

[knarf]

I had no idea what an Elon Musk WAS five or so years ago .... NASA'S been around since I was in Junior High (I'm 70)

Spaceman is on his way to the outer universe in a Tesla ... NASA is .....

[sarge83]

NASA needs to decide if they want to remain relevant in space or become a bunch of desk bound bureaucrats screaming the sky is falling and getting it wrong all the time.

If they want to be relevant cut a ton of redundancy and bureaucracy out of the agency, go back to the moon with manned missions and show they are the NASA of the 1960’s not the scared of their own shadow and everyone has a job even though we are doing nothing clock punchers.

Make the cuts, do a LEO Orion mission and then do an Apollo 8 style mission to the moon when the big SLS booster comes on line or use the Falcon Heavy if they can make it manned rated. Ask private companies to submit on their own dimes a lunar lander, good Lord do something but sit and ossify in to fossils.