>>10636595>I generally try to avoid American politicsI understand, and if you're not American it's irrelevant anyway because there's nothing you can do about them.
You're half right. One of the biggest things that has held NASA back over the decades is it is the president's job to set NASA's goals, after those goals are set, it's up to Congress to fund them so they can accomplish those goals. Both things have to work well and align for progress to be made--and yes, presidents either try to out-of or cancel the last president's plans especially if they happened to be from a different party.
Personality plays a big role in what the president decides to do, and Bernie Sanders is on record saying that he thinks space exploration, human and otherwise is a waste of time.
Because NASA's mission isn't really a partisan issue, Congress usually goes along with whatever the president decides. If one president wants to build a moon base they'll probably fund it, but if another president wants to cancel all human spaceflight they're unlikely to oppose that too.
Avoiding politics seems like a good policy till you realize the people who participate or at least bitch loudest get the attention and thus control over the direction of government agencies. Private nu-space is cool and shit but remember that without NASA's funding SpaceX would be bankrupt already, and Blue Origin will need more than Bezo's wallet if we want to see anything blue besides a selfie of his balls.
If you have to vote Dem, at least choose Yang or Booker, and if they lose stick with Trump soley for space stuff.
