NASA chief talks moving past cost-plus 'plague' with lunar lander competition

NASA administrator Bill Nelson talks about how the "competitive spirit" of a new lunar lander competition will help the agency move past the cost-plus contracts, which he describes as a "plague." The comments occurred at a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science hearing for NASA’s FY 2023 budget request.

Credit: NASA

[dariustanz]

I can't believe we spend so much time as humans in unnecessary shit .we must focus on enrichment of human kind and expansion across galaxy .

[chloe-idep]

i personally dont think hes a bad admin for nasa. he was made administrator only a year ago and he wants healthy competition between other space corporations. he also wants to lower the cost of the sls, nothing to hate there!

[tbranch]

I'm glad he is speaking out about it. Anyone else find Bill Nelson scary? He kinda reminds me of the creepy old guy from Poltergeist.

[synthwavespartan]

I feel like these guys are dragging there feet hard.

[raeadrianarevalo]

so much spending in space industry
i love it

[nobodycj]

We were there in the 60s, come on we should be able to vacation on the moon by 2025 😂

[AlaskanMisfit]

Why tho. If you have one that already won and works great why waste money getting a second type

[flugschulerfluglehrer]

Is Nelson still in charge? I have rarely seen a more incompetent person.

[semikolondev]

They should stop wasting money with Elon, most of it is vaporware and start paying more scientific reality and less memes projects That fail.