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Do you not dream of things that could be? Wouldn't it be cool to see NASA hit new highs? I assume space is more than just a commercial market segment to you?

rapsey 2y ago
Absolutely not. NASA can dream big things, then give it to SpaceX to execute. They have proved to be capable of delivering on time and on budget. Private industry can properly motivate their engineers, drive costs down and are motivated to build upon technology for new innovations. Technology is much better utilized in private hands and the entire history of silicon valley is a testament to this. It all started out from government research money. > I assume space is more than just a commercial market segment to you? Capitalism has been the greatest force for technological development in history. Technological development by government bodies is a dead end, just like the NASA apollo program. If government backed technological development worked, the soviet union would have won the cold war. I and anyone from a former communist country is absolutely appalled by the way of thinking of so many in this thread and in general by the left in the US.
- class3shock 2y ago
  It's hard to know what to say to someone I feel like I so fundamentally disagree with. I guess I'll just ask that you have compassion for us silly folks that look at the accomplishments of the past by government organizations (such as NASA) that were amazing, inspiring, and maybe even on time and on budget and maybe mistakenly think we can do that again. I know in your mind we're wrong, I'm not asking you to change your view but we don't think these things because we want the US to become communist, we think these things because we want the US to be the US of the 1960s (in terms of engineering).
  - rapsey 2y ago
    I like to think I have a fact and experience based opinions. History is a pretty good guide on what works and what does not. NASA of the 1960s is far removed from the reality of today and the progress they achieved was largely wasted. But I am giggling at the make america great again argument.

rapsey 2y ago

Absolutely not. NASA can dream big things, then give it to SpaceX to execute. They have proved to be capable of delivering on time and on budget. Private industry can properly motivate their engineers, drive costs down and are motivated to build upon technology for new innovations. Technology is much better utilized in private hands and the entire history of silicon valley is a testament to this. It all started out from government research money. > I assume space is more than just a commercial market segment to you? Capitalism has been the greatest force for technological development in history. Technological development by government bodies is a dead end, just like the NASA apollo program. If government backed technological development worked, the soviet union would have won the cold war. I and anyone from a former communist country is absolutely appalled by the way of thinking of so many in this thread and in general by the left in the US.

class3shock 2y ago
It's hard to know what to say to someone I feel like I so fundamentally disagree with. I guess I'll just ask that you have compassion for us silly folks that look at the accomplishments of the past by government organizations (such as NASA) that were amazing, inspiring, and maybe even on time and on budget and maybe mistakenly think we can do that again. I know in your mind we're wrong, I'm not asking you to change your view but we don't think these things because we want the US to become communist, we think these things because we want the US to be the US of the 1960s (in terms of engineering).
- rapsey 2y ago
  I like to think I have a fact and experience based opinions. History is a pretty good guide on what works and what does not. NASA of the 1960s is far removed from the reality of today and the progress they achieved was largely wasted. But I am giggling at the make america great again argument.