Like, I don’t know enough about this BS to argue, so I’m just going to believe what you’re saying, but what’s the point?
NASA put people on the moon 54 years ago. Musk has said he’d do it several times now, but he’s not there yet.
He’s also said that he’ll make space travel super cheap, yet his launches cost more than the Russian Soyuz ones used to.
They’ve gotten nowhere near the moon, and Russia does launches cheaper with their WWII tech than Musk does with his cutting edge stuff. So to me it just looks like they’re burning money for funsies.
FrigidAphelion@lemm.ee 11 months ago
flooppoolf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
NASA already exists. Feed and house the poor instead, save the planet from greenhouse gases, help create new expensive policies to curb addiction and homelessness. Anything except literally burning money into our atmosphere. What the fuck are landing pads and propulsion guidance systems going to do for the entire planet.
I don’t have to prove why you’re wrong I just don’t have to agree with you.
FrigidAphelion@lemm.ee 11 months ago
drdabbles@lemmy.world 11 months ago
… You don’t realize that commercial entities have always built space craft for the government, so nothing you’re saying has any credibility. You should probably know something about the topic before arguing about it.
flooppoolf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Besides the modern day computer. Name one advent that came from space exploration.
hoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
“NASA already exists” if his team is doing something never done before and very helpful, that is evidence for the necessity of other space companies besides NASA.
flooppoolf@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Listen muskrat, who is this helping? Are we delivering cargo to mulvonites in sector 9?
There is no need to be pursuing this science right now when there is more concerning shit like not having a planet to live on in the next 60 years because we made it a bit too hot.
drdabbles@lemmy.world 11 months ago
NASA isn’t a company, and they’ve always paid contractors to make their vehicles. Crucially, noone is doing anything that hasn’t been done before.