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It would be nice if that were true, but unfortunately the debris falls over populated Caribbean islands to the east.
what’s the difference between profit-taking of private companies for government companies, and naked corruption?
that’s not a joke, somebody please explain this to me.
Ok look I’m all against the BS they’re pulling but lets not forget the fact SpaceX has made anything space related significantly cheaper than NASA ever could in the same timeframe. The money lost on these experiments is peanuts compared to what they’ve saved already AND are needed to progress towards our space-age. I really hope with France putting more money towards competing with SpaceX we’ll have an EU alternative that can actually compete on price.
This is how spaceX made launches cheaper:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5cZEZoa8rW0
By not following regulations and ruining a town that homes more than 100 000 people.
To be fair, the person you’re responding to is probably talking about the falcon 9 which was developed in California. Brownsville on the other hand is being ruined by a space program that makes no fucking sense and will likely fail in the end.
Counterpoint: we don’t need a space age (yet).
Counterpoint: yes we do
Innovation aside, why?
Innovation, yes. Learning more about the universe
You don’t necessarily need a space age to learn more about the universe. We’ve been doing great with remote tools like the Webb telescope and the rovers. Besides, there are more pressing matters at home like the rise of fascism. I feel like we’d be better off without space nazis but that’s just me.
James Webb is literally space. It would never have existed without a strong rocket to push it there. And it cost billions more than it should have because it needed to be folded up in complex shapes in order to fit in a rocket. With bigger rockets and smaller costs, satellites like the James Webb could be numerous. James Web has a backlog of research that it will never get to because there is only so many things it can do. That’s a glimpse of what space exploration can give us. It’s ridiculous that you use the pinnacle of our space capabilities to say we don’t need more capabilities
I mean ‘space age’ to necessarily include human space travel. These are remote tools that aren’t vivid in the public conscious every waking moment. What I mean is commercial space tourism and the mining industry and all of that. Why spend in space vacations when everything but the kitchen sink is catching fire, y’know? People are gearing up their armies because there’s imminent conflict. Not to drag politics into this, but a good example is how the EU needs to figure out how to develop new weapons systems if they plan on supporting their allies. Now that the US has stopped funding the war, the EU needs to look at defending against Russian hypersonic missiles about to rain down on Ukraine. Then on the West side, the US’s leading companies are both led by some shady folks. Do we really want all that? lol
