U.S. Congressman Sanders criticizes NASA again, saying it has “become a cash machine for Musk and Bezos”

On April 25th, according to foreign media reports, US Senator Bernie Sanders (Bernie Sanders) recently made remarks about the huge amount of money NASA paid to Bezos and Musk’s private space exploration companies.attacked.

Sanders says U.S. taxpayer money is being used by NASAOversubsidizing private space exploration companies, he worries that NASA has become an ATM for Musk and Bezos, used by the two of them for the space race, with no benefit to the country. He said the fight for federal contracts has even sparked legal battles as SpaceX thrives on NASA money at a cost to American taxpayers.

He also specifically opposed an additional funding being discussed in Congress that would add an additional $10 billion to NASA’s moonshot program,Sanders calls the proposal a ‘rescue fund’ for Bezos. He said the space economy has been hugely lucrative and is still booming, and is currently largely profited by private companies that put satellites into orbit using NASA’s facilities and technology for essentially free.

In addition, the biggest problem he pointed out is thatspace ownershipThe problem is that while the federal government provides financial assets to private companies, there is no return on that investment despite the gains through the space economy. According to him, private companies make huge profits, and even if something is acquired in space, it is not controlled by the government, and the Space Act of 2015 allows private companies to retain ownership of materials and land found in space, which requires the U.S. government The executive branch of “Facilitating the Commercial Development and Commercial Recovery of Space Resources for U.S. Citizens.”

In conclusion, the core of the US congressman’s argument is that the benefits from space exploration should benefit the entire nation, not a few people or businesses. “When we next go into space, it’s about benefiting all of humanity, not just turning a few billionaires into trillionaires.”

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