Whenever people tout Space X as an exemplar of private efficiency my eyebrow twitches.
They wouldn’t exist if not for the billions spent through public funding of R&D at NASA.
Space X also can take risks governments can’t. Imagine if NASA blew up rockets as often as Space X? The Republicans would gut their funding even more then they already have.
History go brrrr (lemmy.ml)
it takes the edge off (lemmy.world)
Your boss isn't voluntarily going to pay you more so do something about it (lemmy.world)
When will that bastard die? (lemmy.world)
Consume more product! (lemmy.world)
Well that's one way to ruin my day (lemmy.world)
Average state of mainstream journalism (lemmy.world)
Now let's not go making this a habit... (lemmy.world)
They aren't, and I'm sick of being told they are (lemmy.world)
I am just starting to get a buzz... (lemmy.world)
I'm starting to feel like there's not much choice (lemmy.world)
Just a lot of a word that hasn't aged all that well (lemmy.world)
Finally. (lemmy.world)