Space
Musk’s DOGE, NASA Collide in Tricky Test for Trump Loyalists
- US moon program seen in cross-hairs of Musk cost-cutting
- Republicans face tough choice between party, home-state jobs
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Elon Musk’s DOGE staff wasted no time since arriving at NASA this week, analyzing workforce data and, according to a top space agency official, pledging a deep-dive audit of spending and contracts.
But Musk’s work may also force a showdown with Republican legislators whose districts benefit from NASA, especially the $93 billion Artemis program aimed at putting American boots back on the moon.