<p>  The future of NASA is as uncertain as ever. The chaotic start of president Donald Trump's second term has raised plenty of unanswered questions regarding the space agency's fate. Amid a leadership vacuum, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has yet to clarify what is to become of some of the hallmark projects the space agency has been working on for decades now. And as Ars Technica's Eric Berger points out, it's not a stretch to assume that Musk's private space venture will determine where NASA is headed next, with both him and Trump reiterating their desire to deliver humans to […]</p>