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If I was in charge of NASA/goverment spend, I would have done the same. Support successful companies at a lower level. Encourage competitors. Cannot have just

If I was in charge of NASA/goverment spend, I would have done the same. Support successful companies at a lower level. Encourage competitors. Cannot have just one option - especially with an owner as fickle as Musk.

cubefox 3y ago
Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy are all but fickle. Edit: And their Dragon capsule. SpaceX has been a very reliable partner for NASA. Don't believe the anti Musk sentiments spread by far-left journalists.
- Lolaccount 3y ago
  Far left journalists? What? Really? The man has been flirting with antisemitism and that was just last week (I'm not Jewish btw, so this isn't personal). I cite that as an example and not one of many reasons I have to despise the current incarnation of the man. Just because NASA is his cash cow, doesn't mean they should trust him as far as they could throw him. The man has done incredible things, supported by an incredible team, but looking on from the outside ... he's just one blood sugar spike from screwing the whole thing up.
panick21_ 3y ago
Musk is so fickel, he has been the CEO of a company for 20 years with a laser focus on a single goal. So fickel. Also, you can't support companies on 'a lower level' if you want to do thing like land on the moon. The question is how could NASA budget most effectively used to turn humanity into an advanced space flight spices. The way NASA evaluated and financed these contracts is very questionable if those are the goals they had. But unfortunately their contracting is and was very restricted on a set of very particular minimum requirements. No extra money for over-achieving, even if over-achieving would have been incredibly useful. P.S: And btw, with SpaceX they are trusting a real proven space company that has man costumers, lots of revenue and so on. BlueOrigin is just a Bezos hobby project that literally depends on multiple billions a year on Bezos private money, they have basically no revenue and want have for years.
- Lolaccount 3y ago
  Fickle. The man has been flirting with antisemitism and that was just last week (I'm not Jewish btw, so this isn't personal). I cite that as an example and not one of many reasons I have to despise the current incarnation of the man. Just because NASA is his cash cow, doesn't mean they should trust him as far as they could throw him. Alternatives are required. The man has done incredible things, supported by an incredible team, but looking on from the outside ... he's just one blood sugar spike from screwing the whole thing up.

cubefox 3y ago

Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy are all but fickle. Edit: And their Dragon capsule. SpaceX has been a very reliable partner for NASA. Don't believe the anti Musk sentiments spread by far-left journalists.

Lolaccount 3y ago
Far left journalists? What? Really? The man has been flirting with antisemitism and that was just last week (I'm not Jewish btw, so this isn't personal). I cite that as an example and not one of many reasons I have to despise the current incarnation of the man. Just because NASA is his cash cow, doesn't mean they should trust him as far as they could throw him. The man has done incredible things, supported by an incredible team, but looking on from the outside ... he's just one blood sugar spike from screwing the whole thing up.

panick21_ 3y ago

Musk is so fickel, he has been the CEO of a company for 20 years with a laser focus on a single goal. So fickel. Also, you can't support companies on 'a lower level' if you want to do thing like land on the moon. The question is how could NASA budget most effectively used to turn humanity into an advanced space flight spices. The way NASA evaluated and financed these contracts is very questionable if those are the goals they had. But unfortunately their contracting is and was very restricted on a set of very particular minimum requirements. No extra money for over-achieving, even if over-achieving would have been incredibly useful. P.S: And btw, with SpaceX they are trusting a real proven space company that has man costumers, lots of revenue and so on. BlueOrigin is just a Bezos hobby project that literally depends on multiple billions a year on Bezos private money, they have basically no revenue and want have for years.

Lolaccount 3y ago
Fickle. The man has been flirting with antisemitism and that was just last week (I'm not Jewish btw, so this isn't personal). I cite that as an example and not one of many reasons I have to despise the current incarnation of the man. Just because NASA is his cash cow, doesn't mean they should trust him as far as they could throw him. Alternatives are required. The man has done incredible things, supported by an incredible team, but looking on from the outside ... he's just one blood sugar spike from screwing the whole thing up.