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>NASA worked better when produced everything in-house. No way. NASA is subject to the political whims of two branches of government. The executive branch is lo
by CrazyStat 7y ago
>NASA worked better when produced everything in-house.
No way. NASA is subject to the political whims of two branches of government. The executive branch is looking for short term wins and the legislative branch is looking for jobs in their districts.
The private market has introduced great innovations that are significantly driving down the cost of going to space.
- kome 7y agobut to be fair, those companies are subject to political whims as well, as they are mostly paid with public money. https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/18/18683455/nasa-space-angels-contracts-government-investment-spacex-air-force https://www.theverge.com/2019/6/18/18683455/nasa-space-angel... The only difference is that public money now is financing private companies...
- CrazyStat 7y agoNonsense. The private companies have wildly different decision making processes and incentives and have done things very differently from NASA. SpaceX is landing and reusing rockets every month, resulting in much lower launch costs, and you're saying the only difference is where the money is going? Get out of here.