One of the very few things that I see as a massive benefit of the current Trump Whitehouse:
Now would be the time for moonshot projects!
I bet Trump would be willing to free a massive budgets if under his term there were a realistic chance on something like the moonlanding. Or something that would ensure him a positive entry in the history books. I truly hople Thiel or Musk use this rare opportunity.
And even if a budget were somehow allocated, much of it would be deferred into subsequent congressional terms. An 11- or 12-figure project that has to survive multiple presidential and congressional terms would be no easy feat.
I don't think he is interested much in the presidential terms coming after his 4 or 8 years. The most vivid example for that problem is the Iran hostage crisis which led arguably to the election loss of Carter (while he put massive effort into that issue) but only a few days after his loss and into Reagan's presidency, the hostages were released.
Not sure. It seems that most have other priorities. But its sometimes not about the budget but can be something like easing up certain laws and so on. Let's see if self driving cars are really normality until the end if his first term.
Now would be the time for moonshot projects!
I bet Trump would be willing to free a massive budgets if under his term there were a realistic chance on something like the moonlanding. Or something that would ensure him a positive entry in the history books. I truly hople Thiel or Musk use this rare opportunity.