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eric berger is senior space editor at the science and tech website arz technica.ignificance of this mission. this is what brings us life, brings us all the energy we rely on, we are subject to solar flares and things like that which create aurora. really having a much better fundamental understanding of the sun and how it works and the type of space weather it produces is very important to understanding our place in the solar system and predicting better, potentially negative outcomes like solar flares. yes, when it comes to these kinds of missions, there is the science and then there are the commercial aspects nowadays, aren't there? elon musk is going to have a very big role in the donald trump administration by the looks of things, but he is also ceo of spacex. how worried are people at nasa about elon musk having so much power over space policy? there is a lot of trepidation, elon will be not be dictating space policy, but he put, someone he knows well, jared isaacman, will be nominated to be the nasa administrator. people at nasa ought to be concerned when yo

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