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NavinF 5y ago
Those are contacts. NASA is buying a service (hauling some tech to space and testing it) because it would be more expensive for NASA to do this by itself. Even if NASA had more funding, paying a company that can carry out the task more efficiently would still be the right thing to do I'll go ahead and leave this thread. You're being extremely disingenuous with your evidence and just throwing stuff at the wall hoping something will stick
- stuntkite 5y ago
  I don't know how you think that contracts from public funds aren't public funding but I'll agree to also leave this conversation and I appreciate you having it with me. I'm not being sarcastic either. I think it's important to talk about this stuff and I respect your perspective.
- jazzyjackson 5y ago
  Right, NASA is spending public funds to buy services from these companies, they are not exploring space out of their own petty cash
  - systemvoltage 5y ago
    Wrong. NASA uses hundreds of suppliers. It’s not like NASA gets a budget and can just work alone to make things happen. Everything that government does has a whole supply chain behind it.
    - jazzyjackson 5y ago
      Sorry what an I wrong about again? NASA is funded by taxpayers, and SpaceX, Virgin, and blue origin are funded (in part) by NASA. Maybe my grammar was sloppy, I mean to say Bezos, Branson, and Musk are not the ones writing (all) the checks.

NavinF 5y ago

Those are contacts. NASA is buying a service (hauling some tech to space and testing it) because it would be more expensive for NASA to do this by itself. Even if NASA had more funding, paying a company that can carry out the task more efficiently would still be the right thing to do I'll go ahead and leave this thread. You're being extremely disingenuous with your evidence and just throwing stuff at the wall hoping something will stick

stuntkite 5y ago
I don't know how you think that contracts from public funds aren't public funding but I'll agree to also leave this conversation and I appreciate you having it with me. I'm not being sarcastic either. I think it's important to talk about this stuff and I respect your perspective.
jazzyjackson 5y ago
Right, NASA is spending public funds to buy services from these companies, they are not exploring space out of their own petty cash
- systemvoltage 5y ago
  Wrong. NASA uses hundreds of suppliers. It’s not like NASA gets a budget and can just work alone to make things happen. Everything that government does has a whole supply chain behind it.
  - jazzyjackson 5y ago
    Sorry what an I wrong about again? NASA is funded by taxpayers, and SpaceX, Virgin, and blue origin are funded (in part) by NASA. Maybe my grammar was sloppy, I mean to say Bezos, Branson, and Musk are not the ones writing (all) the checks.