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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 hours agoHere’s an idea: instead of private corporations sucking $20B a year on bad engineering, why not directly use that money for a not for profit federal agency? We could call it the National Aeronautic Space Administration for Launches. Or, NASAL.
minus-squareAstrealix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agobelieve me, I am all for public space. The problem is Congress fucking sucks. And also NASA can’t afford as much as said private corporations
minus-squareBastingChemina@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 hours agoWe have that already: NASA’s Space Launch System. It’s … debatable whether it gives better results than commercial contracts.
Here’s an idea: instead of private corporations sucking $20B a year on bad engineering, why not directly use that money for a not for profit federal agency?
We could call it the National Aeronautic Space Administration for Launches. Or, NASAL.
believe me, I am all for public space. The problem is Congress fucking sucks. And also NASA can’t afford as much as said private corporations
We have that already: NASA’s Space Launch System.
It’s … debatable whether it gives better results than commercial contracts.