{"id":35375,"date":"2022-06-03T18:43:16","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/biden-wishes-elon-musk-lots-of-luck-on-moon-trip-that-nasa-is-funding\/"},"modified":"2022-06-03T18:43:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T18:43:16","slug":"biden-wishes-elon-musk-lots-of-luck-on-moon-trip-that-nasa-is-funding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/biden-wishes-elon-musk-lots-of-luck-on-moon-trip-that-nasa-is-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden wishes Elon Musk &#8216;lots of luck&#8217; on Moon trip that NASA is funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"EQDlDT\">Today, when asked about Elon Musk&#8217;s pessimistic attitude toward the economy, President Joe Biden made a dismissive little quip: &#8220;Lots of luck on his trip to the Moon.&#8221;  It&#8217;s a funny aside &#8211; but there&#8217;s one tiny hitch.  Technically, a good chunk of SpaceX&#8217;s funding to return people to the Moon comes from the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8kFYSj\">Biden was asked about Musk&#8217;s opinions today during a press conference at the White House.  Specifically, a reporter wanted to know what Biden would say to the Tesla and SpaceX CEO &#8220;around his feeling di lui about the economy.&#8221;  The question was in reference to a recent report that Tesla would be freezing hiring and cutting its workforce by 10 percent because of Musk&#8217;s \u201csuper bad feeling\u201d about the economy, according to an email he wrote to Tesla executives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-float-right\">\n<aside id=\"LhN3U7\"><q>The Biden administration <em>should<\/em> definitely hope SpaceX has good luck<\/q><\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"8IDwEv\">In response, Biden listed off companies like Ford, Stellantis, and IBM that are making investments in the US at the moment, before making his Moon comment.  But here&#8217;s the thing: SpaceX&#8217;s \u201ctrip to the Moon\u201d is a key part of NASA&#8217;s Artemis mission, the space agency&#8217;s initiative to send the first woman and the first person of color to the lunar surface.  Artemis was a creation under the Trump administration, but it was one of the few programs that survived the transition of power.  And in 2021, Biden&#8217;s NASA selected SpaceX to develop the company&#8217;s next-generation rocket, called Starship, as a lunar lander for Artemis.  The agency awarded the company $ 2.9 billion to turn Starship into a vehicle that can transport humans to and from the lunar surface, and as of now, the plan is for SpaceX to conduct the first Artemis landing as early as 2025.<\/p>\n<p id=\"0No5FE\">So, the Biden administration <em>should<\/em> definitely hope SpaceX has good luck with its Moon trip, seeing as it&#8217;s a critical part of NASA&#8217;s flagship human spaceflight program.  Perhaps Biden&#8217;s comment was completely genuine in that way?  In any case, Musk has since responded:<\/p>\n<p id=\"VZalq0\">To be fair, there&#8217;s precedent of presidents making space-related gaffes.  President Trump didn&#8217;t quite understand the Artemis program that his administration of him started either.  And it&#8217;s also something that perhaps the general public doesn&#8217;t really keep tabs on.  During a recent episode of <em>Jeopardy<\/em>, contestants were provided with the $ 1,000 clue that read as follows: &#8220;The NASA program named for this sister of Apollo looks to land a woman (&#038; a man) on the Moon by 2024.&#8221;  None of the three contestants knew the answer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, when asked about Elon Musk&#8217;s pessimistic attitude toward the economy, President Joe Biden made a dismissive little quip: &#8220;Lots of luck on his trip to the Moon.&#8221; It&#8217;s a funny aside &#8211; but there&#8217;s one tiny hitch. 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