199 - The Thing That We Grow Plants

It returns. Hot drama. Also a moon lander is happening right now. Also Twitter fights break out. Also a moon lander doesn’t happen.

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• Isaacman: people with ‘axes to grind’ about Musk caused withdrawn NASA nomination - SpaceNews
• White House to withdraw Isaacman nomination to lead NASA - SpaceNews
• NASA Copes with Details of $6 Billion Budget Cut, Leadership Uncertainty – SpacePolicyOnline.com
• NASA withdraws support for conferences - SpaceNews
• Commercial space companies to fund launch range upgrades under $4 billion contract - SpaceNews
• Chinese launch startup conducts vertical takeoff and splashdown test - SpaceNews
• Kaitlan Collins on X: “As their blowup escalates, Trump suggests terminating Musk’s federal contracts.”
• Eric Berger on X: “This would both end the International Space Station and simultaneously provide no way to safely deorbit it.”
• Elon Musk on X: “This just gets better and better 🤣🤣 Go ahead, make my day …”
• Elon Musk on X: “Time to drop the really big bomb: @realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That is the real reason they have not been made public. Have a nice day, DJT!”

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