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And it will be 3 years late! I honestly would love to know how much money is 'wasted' by NASA because of these companies that seem to, over promise and then ne
by nerdjon 2y ago
And it will be 3 years late!
I honestly would love to know how much money is 'wasted' by NASA because of these companies that seem to, over promise and then need a lot more money.
And I don't say wasted because I think that the money spent at NASA is not worthwhile. But how much else could be done if that money could be spent elsewhere or at the very least be properly estimated in the beginning so it could have been planned for. That money is (I assume) going to come at the cost of something else.
I really don't love the idea of SpaceX not having a serious competition. But... they kinda don't right now anyways it seems. I really hope we have another company step up to be anywhere near what they are doing.
- DennisP 2y agoStoke Space seems like it has potential. Same engineering philosophy as SpaceX, really innovative design, going for 100% reusability from the start. Everyday Astronaut visited them last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY8nbSwjtEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY8nbSwjtEY https://www.stokespace.com https://www.stokespace.com
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoBold design. Re-usable actively-cooled cryogenic second stage is wild.