Johnson is such a very nice, polite guy.
And that’s his problem. We need a street fighter in that position.
I’ve always been a space nerd, but I’m getting to the point where we need to stop every penny that isn’t vital for this country to function. Finding life on Mars is nice, but does it really matter? We’ll eventually find out when we land there. We should be spending on two things: defending the planet from hazards and developing tech for cheaply mining space for resources. Then unleash private industry to exploit it. We should be making space profitable; industry always follows when there’s money to be made. We can start handing out space research grants once we’ve paid down this gargantuan debt.