The budding bromance between SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and president-elect Donald Trump could have massive implications for the United States’ space program — assuming the volatile pair don’t flame out, as both have repeatedly done with other allies.That’s especially true when factoring in NASA’s current strategy of relying on the private space industry for initiatives ranging from getting to the surface of the Moon to building a space station in Earth’s orbit.As Durham University astropolitics associate professor Bleddyn Bowen argues in an essay for The Conversation, the unusual pair-up between…
