Fucking garbage with the China net going up along with the others. NASA should stick to obfuscating and photoshopping the structures in Antarctica maps.They REALLY have it in for Elon;
NASA Says SpaceX Satellites Could Kill Astronauts And Threaten Earth - BGR
NASA says that adding more SpaceX satellites in orbit could endanger its astronauts and create problems with asteroid sighting systems.bgr.com
This is absolutely pathetic and grasping at straws.
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Of course. The more spacex progresses the more SLS and all its rent seeking backers look like retards ripping off the tax payer.Politico had an article about the space industry's reaction to Musk's Starship Presentation:
Why Musk’s biggest space gamble is freaking out his competitors
Starship is threatening NASA’s moon contractors, which are watching its progress with a mix of awe and horror.
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Once they ramp up it'll be the biggest leap in space rocketry since Apollo. The projected orbit cost per kilogram will be so low we could pool our tucobux together and rickshaw the asshat 2027 winner into the moon. Oldspace won't even be competing in the same space.Politico had an article about the space industry's reaction to Musk's Starship Presentation:
Why Musk’s biggest space gamble is freaking out his competitors
Starship is threatening NASA’s moon contractors, which are watching its progress with a mix of awe and horror.
It is MORE important than Apollo, _IF_ starship succeeds in its goals.
I agree, but at this point I don't view it as that much of a binary thing, which is great. So much of space flight to this point has been pinned on popularity fueling very expensive and narrowly scoped projects like Apollo, Perseverance or JWST. The ISS missions weren't narrowly scoped, which was great, but they were still very expensive. A tragedy, shift in popular opinion or poorly timed delay could've ended any of those missions like the Buran or in the future, the SLS. Any success was met with extreme relief not just because of the incremental move forward but confirmation that the whole house of cards wasn't going to collapse yet.
Fly around SpaceX's giant Starship rocket in this stunning drone video
The giant rocket aims to achieve orbit later in 2022.www.space.com
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NASA has been mainly a jobs program since Apollo. Dont be shocked when they cancel this bloated piece of shit and then start another program under the guise of building a "lower cost and better" rocket.Martin said that the operational costs alone for a single Artemis launch—for just the rocket, Orion spacecraft, and ground systems—will total $4.1 billion. This is, he said, "a price tag that strikes us as unsustainable."
Finally, we know production costs for SLS and Orion, and they’re wild
Someone finally said the quiet part out loud.
Holy Billions and Billions, Batman!
Unfortunately, the commitee overseeing NASA (and proposing the budget) is entirely bipartisan on the matter of pork. They all love it, and care for nothing else.
