eh, it will probably be good thing to just commercialize space buses and leave NASA to the science.
Comment on Why are people impressed with SpaceX?
originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Because they are impressive in the way NASA was. Which is the problem - we should be doing this as a nation and not subsidizing whatever a billionaire fancies at the moment.
treadful@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Good thing in what way
treadful@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
It would allow NASA to focus on science and not trivialities of moving things into orbit. Thought that was well implied.
originalfrozenbanana@lemm.ee 4 days ago
Moving things into orbit requires a substantial amount of science.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Exactly. It’s concerning that a private individual is allowed to do this, much less without government competition. It’s like we’ve forgotten that the boosters that got us to the moon were the same missiles that terrorized Britain.
bstix@feddit.dk 4 days ago
Yes. It’s down right scary to think about what the consequences of private ownership will mean.
In best case it will turn into a profitable business which means burning a shit ton of fuel in the atmosphere and leaving tons of garbage in orbit.
Yes it’s impressive that it’s possible, but is it less impressive if it means screwing up the option for others to launch anything in 50 years just because the richest man on earth right now wanted to earn more money.
It’s a small step for a large corporation, but it’s a large step backwards for humanity.
I’d rather see new technologies like the slingshot launches becoming successful than seeing SpaceX launching the same old dirty rockets over and over for profit.