Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWe Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlinkjacobin.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1573
arrow-up1573external-linkWe Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlinkjacobin.comPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squareDeflated0ne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up49·1 day agoHas anyone considered funding NASA? They made rockets that didn’t explode with duct tape and a TI-83 calculator.
minus-squarerottingleaf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 hours agoWhat “they made” 50 years ago is of little value now. Expertise matters, and it’s lost with time passing. Still - yes. Nationalization is a bad solution because it gives the state power to nationalize. Seems a truism. Just let NASA work in its normal role. Instead of replacing that with SpaceX contracts.
minus-squareUruanna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 day agoShouldn’t be incompatible with nationalizing SpaceX and Starlink. Just give it all to NASA, actually.
Has anyone considered funding NASA?
They made rockets that didn’t explode with duct tape and a TI-83 calculator.
What “they made” 50 years ago is of little value now. Expertise matters, and it’s lost with time passing.
Still - yes. Nationalization is a bad solution because it gives the state power to nationalize. Seems a truism.
Just let NASA work in its normal role. Instead of replacing that with SpaceX contracts.
Shouldn’t be incompatible with nationalizing SpaceX and Starlink. Just give it all to NASA, actually.