• UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    the most cost competitive launcher

    We defunded the NASA launch program and gave it to a bunch of defense sector flakes who had to reinvent what NASA had already accomplished while still kicking back cash to their investors.

    These aren’t competitive bids. They’re kickbacks that occasionally get us a little space technology along the way.

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      3 months ago

      We defunded the NASA launch program and gave it to a bunch of defense sector flakes who had to reinvent what NASA had already accomplished while still kicking back cash to their investors.

      Because everything NASA ever launched was crazy expensive, albeit they had some very cool projects