While New Spacers bash Orion, here and there we can see some respect given to those with experience:

https://phys.org/news/2025-01-fly-nasa-orion-spacecraft.html

It takes a sense of shame to be embarrassed. And shame implies a common code of good and bad behavior. I think we’ve seen that common code badly eroded in the last quarter century, and longer, often for crass political pursuits of the Left. These are the results.

Back in the 1990s there were fact checkers at news media outlets that made sure that reports of this type were avoided. Back then, these kinds of reports would have been very embarrassing, so fact checkers really did check facts, not that the article fit some preset narrative. Something has changed in a quarter century. Perhaps the news outlets don’t mind being embarrassed or they no longer feel embarrassed.

Weaponized Autism
https://surl.li/ulvboq

Whenever I have wondered if the Matt Gaetz nomination was a red herring or some other form of gamesmanship, I have reminded myself of the fact that Gaetz resigned from Congress in order to pursue the position. Unless the resignation itself was actually desired by Gaetz for some unknown reason, and he had asked Trump to give him this “cover” for it, I see the Gaetz nomination as being real, but a failure.

I’d say the second choice, Pam Bondi, is a much better one, given her actual job experience and temperament.

NASA appears to be retaining its existing plans to return astronauts from the International Space Station after Elon Musk said President Trump called on SpaceX to bring back two astronauts “as soon as possible.”

In a statement to reporters Jan. 29, NASA stated it was proceeding with plans to return the Crew-9 astronauts “as soon as practical” and after the arrival of new astronauts on the upcoming Crew-10 mission.

“NASA and SpaceX are expeditiously working to safely return the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore as soon as practical, while also preparing for the launch of Crew-10 to complete a handover between expeditions,” the agency stated.

That would suggest no major changes to the agency’s plans even after both Musk and Trump posted statements on social media suggesting that SpaceX would work to immediately bring back astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, who have been on the ISS since June, a stay extended from a couple weeks to more than eight months because of issues with their Starliner spacecraft.

https://spacenews.com/nasa-rules-out-immediate-crew-9-return-saying-astronauts-will-come-back-as-soon-as-practical/

Maybe NASA might give itself a little cover with the boss by seeing if they can move Crew-10 up a few days. It’s not like they’ve announced an official date yet anyway.

Dick–
Yeah, laser-pointer…