Now, now, now. Be kind.
Space X is suggesting that it self destructed. Which is a fine allegory for Elmo.
PSA: SpaceX Starship's 6th Integrated Test Flight scheduled for Tuesday November 19th at 4:00PM CST
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Now, now, now. Be kind.
Space X is suggesting that it self destructed. Which is a fine allegory for Elmo.
The public should fund NASA more and encourage NASA leadership to stop awarding contracts to Boeing.
Their baby SLS is 10+ years in the making, has launched once, and it is basically all reused hardware from the shuttle era or from another existing rocket. Its price tag is over 1 billion per launch and no one wants to launch anything important on it because the vibration is awful. NASA itself moved the Europa Clipper from SLS to Falcon Heavy because they didn't want to deal with that*. The governments own report from a few weeks ago laughed at NASA for suggesting they offer flights for commercial payloads because no one showed interest. "would you like us to launch something for you for 1+ billion dollars and we'll shake the shit out of it too? Anyone?"
Then you have Boeing's Starliner which got more money for its development than SpaceX did for Crew Dragon and here we are 7+ years later and Crew Dragon has flow 6+ times and Starliner is yet to launch with crew once.
SpaceX is at least pushing the technology. Blue Origin is trying but hasn't done anything at the moment. ULA and Boeing have enjoyed a monopoly for 30+ years and decided to light dollar bills on fire instead of developing anything new. NASA was happy to oblige them.
*The total contract award amount for launch services is approximately $178 million, NASA said in a news release. This is a significant moment for SpaceX, as the company will be entrusted with one of NASA's highest-priority exploration missions. The deal also saves NASA about $2 billion.
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Maybe next time it'll get high enough to blow up and litter hundreds of satellite orbital paths with SpaceX debris....
what a stupid thing to root for. get outside, enjoy the weekend
Who's "rooting for it"?
I'm concerned that all the Musk Fanboi rhetoric is setting us up for just such an inevitability....
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This is the rocket that will be used to put American astronauts on the moon so it is important it works.
We are in a new space race with China and the stakes are high as we will be competing over actual resources, not just achievements.
The space race with China has begun. Is America ready? | Miami Herald https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article281848548.html
I hope NASA has tight contracts with Musk. Because he's saying that he wants to use the rocket to put his massive internet satellites into space.
That's part of what it will do. Much more payload capacity than Falcon Heavy.
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I used to be a SpaceX fan, even though my opinion on Musk had changed….but after I read that he cut starlink on Ukraine….makes me think we should not be relying on an eccentric billionaire for critical projects. We are putting our national security at his whim.
At least with companies like Boeing and General Dynamics they are American companies with a long dependable history.
At least with companies like Boeing and General Dynamics they are American companies with a long dependable history.
I agree with that. There needs to be more competition in the industry which gives the government options. Right now he owns an essential monopoly with Starlink after breaking one in the American launch industry. Bezos will eventually be able to compete there since he has enough money to throw at it.
Would Musk sell his tech to China (or another nation) for the right price?
Probably. Why not?
Do his contracts with NASA prevent that?
Most, if not all, of this technology is covered under ITAR.
You might be right, but it's not really military tech. Maybe under EAR? Even that might be a bit of a stretch. But I don't know much about either, so I don't really know.
IIRC anything rocket related is ITAR. Satellites are included, but commercial satellites are exempt under certain conditions.
If it's that important, leaving it in Musks hands was a bad decision.
I'm with Van Allen. Send probes, manned space travel is stupid except for fiction.
Let's solve our problems here
Let's solve our problems here
Bunch of anti-science Luddite turds on this thread. SpaceX is not merely Elon Musk. You all need to get your head out of your asses.
Space exploration, both manned and unmanned, is humankind’s future, whether we do it or someone else does.
Stop playing chicken little and GTF used to it, you post-modernist simpletons!
Jesus Joe, your shtick is growing tiresome.
Fantastic! The less contact I have with idiots like you, the better!
Comical how he's responding to himself in this thread.
Let's wait "3 more months"....
Ignorant AF.
“Nelson, a longtime friend and former Senate colleague of President Joe Biden’s, was tapped to lead NASA last year and has been a booster of public-private space exploration, especially with SpaceX. Citing a Defense Department official, Nelson told a Senate panel in May that SpaceX might have saved taxpayers as much as $40 billion in launch costs.“
NASA chief: SpaceX leader says Elon Musk’s Twitter drama is ‘nothing to worry about’
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that SpaceX’s president gave him assurances and that he trusts her and the private space company.
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I'm hoping for an even more spectacular explosion next time.Ignorant AF.
“Nelson, a longtime friend and former Senate colleague of President Joe Biden’s, was tapped to lead NASA last year and has been a booster of public-private space exploration, especially with SpaceX. Citing a Defense Department official, Nelson told a Senate panel in May that SpaceX might have saved taxpayers as much as $40 billion in launch costs.“
NASA chief: SpaceX leader says Elon Musk’s Twitter drama is ‘nothing to worry about’
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said that SpaceX’s president gave him assurances and that he trusts her and the private space company.
I’m hoping for more ignorant BS spewed from your cùnt mouth so everyone can see how stupid you are.
Without SpaceX America would be depending on Russia to send American astronauts to space.
Any thoughts on that fact you stupid fùck?
Ground Control to Major Tom… Ground Control to Major Tom…
Yes! Elunatic should go to Baikonur and suck more Russian dick. Oh wait, he already does that.
This Mars talk is beyond stupid.
Bill Nelson is a senile idiot and needs a freaking diaper.
