>Had no idea [head of NASA] Bridenstine had visited SpaceX. This is really cool.
Why would it be cool / unexpected? Isn't most of SpaceX's funding public money funneled through NASA?
Why would it be cool / unexpected? Isn't most of SpaceX's funding public money funneled through NASA?
And this is a big deal because he is not only the most ambitious administrator NASA has had quite a long time but also the most politically capable. And that leaves me highly optimistic for the future of NASA. Bolden (the previous administrator) was everything you want on paper, but in practice he lacked both ambition and political skill. I've no doubt he very much had a love for space and technology, but he simply didn't have the toolkit to make it matter. As a result of this NASA ended up achieving little more than inertial progress for 8 years.