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I would like Boeing to get through this and be able to produce new aircraft, though. NASA hasn't produced a new human-capable spacecraft since these disasters,
by dingnuts 3y ago
I would like Boeing to get through this and be able to produce new aircraft, though. NASA hasn't produced a new human-capable spacecraft since these disasters, and it has been a long, long time.
If NASA was a private enterprise, it would've simply gone out of business. Instead, it stopped being an exciting organization willing to push the boundaries of space travel, which is inherently risky, and became a risk-averse bureaucracy mostly wasting taxpayer money until they eventually got/get the fire lit under their ass by organizations like SpaceX showing that it is still possible to progress in space exploration in ways other than launching robots
- ironmagma 3y agoNASA worked through its issues. When the shuttle program ended, it wasn’t directly because of either of the disasters. Both of those were followed by extensive reworking of the system behind the missions. Also, Boeing is not a fully private enterprise and receives significant federal funding.