It is a full jacket in front of NASA – at least, according to Shawn Duffy, Acting Agency official.
During an internal employee hall on Thursday, Dofi warned against “leaving safety be the enemy of progress” when it comes to winning the new space race, according to the registration of the meeting NBC News.
“We are driven by safety, and we must be driven by safety, FAA and Dot, we are the same, but sometimes we can let safety are the enemy of progress,” said Duffy, who is the Minister of Transport.
“We must be able to take some jumps. We must be able to jump forward in our innovation and lead this task, and there is always a balance for that, but we cannot be alongside not doing anything because we are afraid of any danger.”
A NASA spokesman said the agency was still committed to safety.
Duffy’s comments come amid NASA’s ongoing disturbances, with remaining questions about the space agency budget and priorities in the coming years. Since the Trump administration took office, NASA and other government agencies have faced significant discounts in financing and employees as part of a comprehensive goal to reduce the size of the federal workforce.
On Thursday, Dofi told his employees that he was angry at the “shadow he gave to all NASA” at the Senate hearing for this week, in which the witnesses doubted that America could overcome China on the moon.
“I will be cursed if this is the story that we write,” Dofi said. “We will overcome the Chinese on the surface of the moon. We will make sure that we do it safely. We’ll do it quickly. We’ll do it correctly.”
Facing a time crisis
He pointed out that the time is not by NASA.
“We are under pressure to do this really well, really quickly and safely,” Dofi said.
NASA’s ARTEMIS program, Linchpin, from America’s efforts to return astronauts to the moon, aims to perform regular tasks on the moon before the space agency eventually ventures Mars.
While the United States was dominant during the first Monchot-Apollo Moon program in the 1960s and 1970s-this feature that lasted for decades is now threatened. Many countries participating in space, including China, Russia, India and Japan, also have their eyes on the moon, which led to the launch of the space race from the next generation.
In particular, China has made quick gains with its human space program. In recent months, China has succeeded in testing an incomplete moon landing and a new moon missile – decisive steps in achieving the country’s ambitions.
China said it aims to land on Chinese astronauts on the moon by 2030. Earlier this year, Chinese officials also said the country had adopted a nuclear factory on the surface of the moon to operate the moon base that plans to work with Russia jointly.
Meanwhile, in the United States, President Donald Trump’s budget plan suggested a reduction in more than $ 6 billion in NASA’s budget.
Although the White House suggests about 24 % reduction in the agency’s budget, Duffy insisted that the artemis program continues, but “it is important to provide the cost.”
As part of the Trump administration batch to reduce the size of the federal workforce, about 4000 NASA employees of the deferred resignation program-Reducing the employees of the 18,000 space agency by about five.
In July, Reuters mentioned More than 2000 senior spacecraft employees were to leave under the last round of discounts.
Duffy said at this stage that he believes that NASA has enough money and workforce to accomplish its mission over the next few years.
Duffy said: “If we don’t do that, I guarantee you, 100 % I will go to the president, and I will go to OMB, and I will go home, and I will go to the Senate, and I will ask for more money.”
He added: “More money does not always mean more success, but again, the money is sometimes success, and if we need it, I will ask for that.”
Duffy said he would lead the government’s exploration entity to “for the foreseeable future.”