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This is explicitly NASA's strategy, and it is the correct one. NASA wants to be pushing the bleeding edge of possibility in space, and prefers to contract out t
by nappy 6y ago
This is explicitly NASA's strategy, and it is the correct one. NASA wants to be pushing the bleeding edge of possibility in space, and prefers to contract out the "everyday" stuff or orbital flight, in order focus on deep space missions.
- an_opabinia 6y agoThe fact that SpaceX is so reliable so quickly is a testament to how great a bet NASA made. The OCO failures come to mind as something that, hopefully, will never happen with SpaceX as a partner. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Carbon_Observatory#Original_launch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Carbon_Observatory#Or...