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The reason for the entire moon mission is national prestige.

Is financial fraud consistent with our national prestige?

There are better companies.

>>latefo+(OP)
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.

>>inglor+U1
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.

>>latefo+(OP)
why must usamericans insist that they be the best at everything? it seems psychopathic...

>>latefo+(OP)
>Is financial fraud consistent with our national prestige?

You're right, that may be all we have left to show for it if people can't come up with something better.

Whether it's Musk or anybody else who's a real example of outright fraud, in a top position where honesty and straightforward dealing mean more than anything.