Bill Farrand @whfarrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It would be totally f***ed up if they cut CLPS missions with science rationales and spacecraft, some with rovers built for the Moon. While funding a slapdash mission with a rover not designed for the Moon. 100
Chase Million @millionconcepts.com · 29/09/2026Can you imagine? I certainly can! Fwiw, I've been told that the "cuts" were just a "re-phase" of funds, and that the teams will get their entire budgets eventually. Still sounds disruptive and stressful to me. What money is being redirected for "PROMISE," though? 🤷 It has to come from somewhere. 100
Bill Farrand @whfarrand.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe Isaacman will wise up that sending a Mars rover to the Moon is a crappy idea. I got the full dump on that possibility from one of the JPL Curiosity folks and hoo boy it would be a bad way to go. 111
