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1. latefo+km[view] [source] 2026-02-02 23:11:46
>>g-mork+(OP)
Related: NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission [1]. Blue Origin could snatch SpaceX's Starship lander contract. This looks increasingly a good idea.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/science/nasa-spacex-moon-land...

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2. admax8+zm[view] [source] 2026-02-02 23:12:43
>>latefo+km
> This looks increasingly a good idea.

Why?

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3. latefo+Tp[view] [source] 2026-02-02 23:28:27
>>admax8+zm
The reason for the entire moon mission is national prestige.

Is financial fraud consistent with our national prestige?

There are better companies.

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4. inglor+Nr[view] [source] 2026-02-02 23:37:43
>>latefo+Tp
The original Moon mission was masterminded by a literal card-carrying ex-member of the Nazi party (Wernher von Braun) and the American public back then didn't seem to mind.
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5. bigyab+iE[view] [source] 2026-02-03 00:46:44
>>inglor+Nr
All rocketry was, back then. You wanted ballistic telemetry? If you didn't know someone who worked on the V-2, you had to launch your own sounding rockets.

I think the parent's point stands. There's a lot more pragmatic concern with the damage SpaceX could do in 2026, versus the damage Nazis could do in the 1960s.

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