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You mentioned Apollo, others mentioned the space shuttle. NASA is a horrible organization to actually get things done. I wouldn't emulate them. Burt Rutan is a
by ivankirigin 18y ago
You mentioned Apollo, others mentioned the space shuttle.
NASA is a horrible organization to actually get things done. I wouldn't emulate them. Burt Rutan is a hero.
- william42 18y agoA hero that has not even reached orbit yet.
- ivankirigin 18y agoGiven the $1B spent on each shuttle launch, I'm sure he could make it.
- njharman 18y agoYeah, cause every other space agency actually got off their asses and put men on the moon, deployed and operated a space lab, deployed and operated a largely reuseable launch vehicle that hardly ever blows up, drove rc cars around mars for months, etc.
- ivankirigin 18y agoGoing to the moon was a horrible idea. It was a very poor use of resources. That's why we haven't been back in 40 years. The Mars rovers are the exception the proves the rule. Operational for years after a few hundred million dollars spent, while each shuttle mission eats over $1B. Any reasonable manager would have scrapped the shuttle long ago. The reason NASA does more is that we have more money than others, not because they are better. The goal after all is long term benefit to the human race (or profit). Nasa hasn't done all that much towards that end. If anything, they were a good excuse to design ICBMs.