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>Imagine where SpaceX would be if the government got in there making sure everyone was happy and all 50 states got a piece of the action. The government landed

• mc32 5y ago
  I don't think it's fair to compare the budget (in real terms) NASA had with the one SpaceX has when you make that comparison. Moreover, I fee like our government today would have a hard time pulling off that feat. In the early 60s we still had somewhat nimble areas of government. I don't think it's true today. We allow too many interests to have too much pull and negative influence causing some kind of paralysis as well and franken-projects that are impossibly encompassing.
  • aplummer 5y ago
    Aren’t fighter jets made by private companies? They pitch designs to procurement…?
    • mc32 5y ago
      They are but built by govt committees and these projects have to provide pork to all senators before there’s a green light. So it’s not, “build us a fighter to take down MiG-35 or whatever. It’s we want it to work for NATO, the marines, navy and Air Force, and provide air cover and drop bombs and air superiority and... so they get a Frankenstein plane that does nothing exceptionally well.
• craftinator 5y ago
  > The government landed men on the moon fifty years ago And cannot accomplish that task again today. And did it by investing massive quantities of money and resources in a project, which no business could possibly hope to match, unless they print their own cash flow, as the government does.