Phil Larson

First talks about potentially ditching NRHO. This is currently not possible with SLS Block 1 and Orion with its current ESM. To park in LLO, Orion would need a stretched service module or if Centaur V could use a mission extension package, it could do the lunar insertion burn

NASA does not have a top-line problem. We receive roughly $25 billion in annual appropriations, including more than a $10 billion plus-up from President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. If that is not enough to run a lunar exploration program and do all the other things across science and discovery, then what is the right number? We don’t need to blame budgets or continuity of decision-making as the common excuse, as if a billion dollars is somehow not a billion dollars and troubled programs should perpetually stay troubled programs. NASA, like the federal government, cannot spend our way out of every problem, nor can we perpetuate bad decisions. That means not getting spread thin across too many imposed endeavors or jumping straight to the “dream state,” which is how everything becomes over budget and behind schedule. Instead, we concentrate on the needle-moving objectives, the reason NASA exists in the first place. We execute with urgency, in an iterative and safe way, and empower the workforce and our partners to get the job done. That is how we changed the world on July 20, 1969, and it is how we will do it again. Expect more from NASA and start believing again.

27 YEARS AGO TODAY On Feb. 23, 1999, a low-scoring Wisconsin high school boys basketball game took place in Washburn. After trailing 4–0 in the fourth quarter, the Northwestern Tigers rallied to beat the Washburn Castle Guards, 5–4. This game made national headlines on ESPN.

Wake up nerds new school ranking list just dropped from the DODs Make America Stupid Again campaign 🫡😂