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About damn time!
by 2OEH8eoCRo0 1y ago
About damn time!
- philipwhiuk 1y agoWho do you think is capable of competing, given that they didn't win the bid the first time round?
- daveguy 1y ago[flagged]
- roer 1y agoIs this about getting to the moon quickly or is it about doing it with the help of a different rocket company?
- madaxe_again 1y agoThey should just get an Apollo lander, maybe strap on some rockets from Nike Ajax missiles, buff it up a bit, maybe throw a shuttle windscreen on it too. Job done.
- philipwhiuk 1y agoToo bad Orion can't get to Lunar Orbit to meet the lander.
- imtringued 1y agoAll hail the cislunar transporter.
- bombcar 1y agoI don't really care, give Carmack ten billion dollars and at least it'll run DooM.
- philipwhiuk 1y agoArmadillo Aerospace did a mediocre job at best with its funding.
- peterfirefly 1y agoI think it did amazingly well with its shoestring funding. They didn't handle the scale up in vehicle size well. They didn't have a guy who really understood electronics. I'd say those were the biggest problems. They did have an amazing metal worker (and I don't think they ever understood how important that was) and an amazing programmer.
- trentnix 1y agoRegardless of capability, it's in NASA's best interests and our best interests to encourage others to try. I think we are better off if the rocket industry (and every industry) is not dominated by a single organization, even if we believe that organization is altruistic and excellent.
- roer 1y agoWell, NASA tried that originally but didn't have the budget, and in that sense it's better late than never to fund something different. The reasoning as presented just doesn't reflect reality.
- philipwhiuk 1y agoThey did. They held a bidding process. SpaceX won the bid. As Americans you didn't vote for a government that wanted to fund multiple bids.