I think it's a bit of, "Be the change you want to see". It may not be a bad thing to get tech folk with sense into these roles. They probably tend to have enough of a cushion to be able to refuse unethical work without worrying about the immediate consequences.

> I am actually skeptical of people who step up to work for the government at this moment in time.

I'm sure this wounds them deeply.

Given what we're facing worldwide, I'd say more people are skeptical of anyone that works in tech at this moment in time.

>There's a lot of nationalist language on this site.

Incredibly the US government isn't anti-US. This may come as a surprise to some in certain online bubbles.

>do we really want to give any assistance to the goals of this administration?

The goals of going to the moon? You're right, it's a giant waste of money when there are problems to be solved on earth. Something many people have been saying for a long time. Glad you're coming around.

NASA had a nationalist origin and has always kept those undertones even in the modern day, but I don't think anyone's ever accused it of being partisan. I don't believe many Americans associate NASA with any particular president, except maybe JFK, and I don't believe they'd conflate working for NASA with working for Trump.