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minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoNASA does research. They push the boundaries corporations can’t.
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoDepends where the funding goes! And then musk can take a cut.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoCorporations cannot carry the risk involved. Because else it would be similar to the medicine industry, but there is no large market to sell to. We’re going to Mars is not something you can sell in a boardroom, because why? What is the ROI?
minus-squareFutileRecipe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoNot with that attitude…and probably will be able to change that with the upcoming administration deregulating everything. Or did you mean won’t instead of can’t?
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDeregulation means private businesses won’t research anything that doesn’t make their quarterly numbers look better. Accelerated capitalism, woohoo!
minus-squareFutileRecipe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, so it’s won’t and not can’t. Words matter.
minus-squareSpacetimeMachine@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoOkay. Explain how his point changed now that you’ve been overly pedantic?
NASA does research. They push the boundaries corporations can’t.
Depends where the funding goes! And then musk can take a cut.
Corporations cannot carry the risk involved. Because else it would be similar to the medicine industry, but there is no large market to sell to.
We’re going to Mars is not something you can sell in a boardroom, because why? What is the ROI?
Not with that attitude…and probably will be able to change that with the upcoming administration deregulating everything. Or did you mean won’t instead of can’t?
Deregulation means private businesses won’t research anything that doesn’t make their quarterly numbers look better. Accelerated capitalism, woohoo!
Yes, so it’s won’t and not can’t. Words matter.
Okay. Explain how his point changed now that you’ve been overly pedantic?