eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoSpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency: “NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.”arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down18
arrow-up1134arrow-down1external-linkSpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that’s a problem for America’s space agency: “NASA desperately needs SpaceX, and SpaceX knows it, and Elon knows it.”arstechnica.comeicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 hours agoSLS is a congressionally mandated jobs program. NASA was forced to use existing shuttle infrastructure instead of developing new hardware with partners. If they had been given freedom, I’m sure we wouldn’t even need SpaceX for anything.
SLS is a congressionally mandated jobs program.
NASA was forced to use existing shuttle infrastructure instead of developing new hardware with partners. If they had been given freedom, I’m sure we wouldn’t even need SpaceX for anything.