▲ 246 ▼ SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency: “NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.” (arstechnica.com) submitted 1 week ago by eicker@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 85 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago (5 children) nationalize the everlasting fuck out of this company. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago Imagine if we'd funded NASA amd taxed billionaires propely to pay for it all along. permalink fedilink source parent [+] UnpoppedCorn@lemmy.world -7 points 1 week ago (3 children) We had and have a national space agency. A private company has surpassed them and is now offering launches 90% cheaper than NASA. It's cost overruns are also 97% less. If NASA were "funded properly," we would be paying a lot more for a lot fewer launches. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* Now imagine where it would be if Republicans hadn't ratfucked the program's budget for 60 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago found the spacex shareholder permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* a private company that got bootstrapped by federal dollars, NASA research, and nasa personnel, led by someone who can't be trusted and is rolling spacex into grok x tesla etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nurgus@lemmy.world 27 points 1 week ago Imagine if we'd funded NASA amd taxed billionaires propely to pay for it all along. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] UnpoppedCorn@lemmy.world -7 points 1 week ago (3 children) We had and have a national space agency. A private company has surpassed them and is now offering launches 90% cheaper than NASA. It's cost overruns are also 97% less. If NASA were "funded properly," we would be paying a lot more for a lot fewer launches. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* Now imagine where it would be if Republicans hadn't ratfucked the program's budget for 60 years permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago found the spacex shareholder permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* a private company that got bootstrapped by federal dollars, NASA research, and nasa personnel, led by someone who can't be trusted and is rolling spacex into grok x tesla etc. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* Now imagine where it would be if Republicans hadn't ratfucked the program's budget for 60 years permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago found the spacex shareholder permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* a private company that got bootstrapped by federal dollars, NASA research, and nasa personnel, led by someone who can't be trusted and is rolling spacex into grok x tesla etc. permalink fedilink source parent