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I feel like we'd all be better off if the federal government just cut an equivalent no-strings-attached check to Alabama in perpetuity, cancelled the SLS, and f
by bpodgursky 7y ago
I feel like we'd all be better off if the federal government just cut an equivalent no-strings-attached check to Alabama in perpetuity, cancelled the SLS, and freed up all the rocket scientists to build something useful.
They could probably even do it in Alabama! SpaceX could open a local branch and mop up the talent. The current "waste money on the SLS for political reasons" just feels like the worst of all possible worlds.
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoI feel we are better closing down instagram/<useless app>, and using freed up computer scientists to build something usefull.
- testrun 7y agoI don't think you understand the difference between public and private money
- ClumsyPilot 7y agoI don't think you understand that entire industry sectors would not exist without Nasa. There would be no GPS, no Google-maps, and you wouldn't know when a hurricane is coming.