[palmotea]

> Ok, you're obviously trolling here. This is clearly bait. But for anyone else reading this:

Only a little. The point is "waste" and "efficiency" are so subjective to be a near meaningless concepts. You could make the same points you did about many of the things Musk wants to cut, but they're not going to resonate to a tech audience like cutting NASA does. It's basically a temple of geek religion.

> NASA's budget for 2023 was roughly $25 billion [0]

That money could fund a lot of housing assistance or healthcare.

Personally, I think the things that "engineers" like should be cut first instead of being protected.