Posted on 02/26/2018 10:19:25 AM PST by Kaslin
What next, an electric pickup?
What a stupid reply
Close Nasa. We turned it over to free enterprise and it is great at 1/20th the cost. Can anyone explain to me why this totally broke country would go back to the moon? There is absolutely nothing there. The last time we went we gave it “to all mankind” but I dont remember them paying for it— WE DID. Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
No, it is stupid to believe that are not stealing your money with this also. WAKE THE FUCK UP.
SpaceX’s recent track record highlights why such a shift would be ill-advised. While SpaceX is enjoying plenty of positive press after its latest successful launch, this exuberance is obscuring a rocky track record. As of last year, repeated failures and delays have resulted in it amassing 70 uncompleted missions worth a whopping $10 billion.
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Baloney. The backlog is due to high demand. SpaceX is dominating the commercial launch market. They are launching more than anybody else and had a perfect track record last year.
What a stupid reply
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Yep.
Your sentence makes as much sense is did your previous post. Sometimes it’s best not to say anything before making a fool of yourself, which you did twice in a row.
And, the significant achievement of launching the cost-cutting Falcon Heavy this month occurred after almost five years of Falcon Heavy delays,
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The Falcon Heavy was almost cancelled three times because of big improvements in the lifting ability of the Falcon 9, which almost made the Falcon Heavy unnecessary. The Falcon Heavy is insurance in case the BFR is delayed longer than expected. There aren’t that many customers for it now, but perhaps some will come up with big projects now that the Falcon Heavy is operational.
Hope this program does not go the same way - another reason not to allow the Democrats to take any more seats in the 2018 Congressional elections.
I have watched the government create phony accounts for the last thirty and steal tax dollars I am the fool. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA No, you are are the idiot. It is time to wake up. We should have been back to the moon by now.
Free Market? When/where’s *that*.
Lost I heard, SpaceX was another one of those ‘private/public’ partnerships (IOW, We [the People] are still being robbed to support private enterprise).
US could build Hoover Dam, send a man to the Moon, but it can’t keep track of the visa violators (that IT gives out), secure the border, enforce the EXISTING Law(s) or even balance a budget.
Govt is only good for 2 things: writing laws and spending OPM (other people’s $$$). Many in both categories illegal/unconstitutional(ly).
Can anyone explain to me why this totally broke country would go back to the moon? There is absolutely nothing there.
Just the military high ground and material to totally dominate the entire Earth-Moon system.
Oh, and energy and material resources to exploit the solar system.
Why did we give that to “all mankind” . Did we just fumble? you don’t get mulligans with tax dollars. Let Space X go. Its soooo much cheaper.
Why did we give that to “all mankind” . Did we just fumble?
Because the idiots in the State Department and the Democrats in the Congress at the time were following the Obama theory of international politics.
It was one of the most stupid decisions the State Department ever came up with, and they have had many dozzies.
Fortunately, it has no enforcement mechanism.
My son and I saw last weeks Falcon 9 launch from Vandenberg. Great fun, though it was at 6 am!
With that launch, SpaceX lofted a Spanish satellite (”Paz”) something that would not have happened only a few years ago: a U.S. launch provider winning a commercial contract for a Euro satellite. The U.S. had almost zero presence in the market. Now SpaceX (and thus the USA) is the dominant player.
I think I share your concerns, but you’re only instigating fawning hypocrites here.
Free enterprise killed the Challenger crew. Free enterprise killed the Columbia crew. Manned mission to Mars - ROFLMAO - absent MAJOR technological advancement is a fantasy.
If we’re set to relegate pure science to the labs of those beholden to shareholders, then this is one extreme reaction to bureaucratic ineptitude no less outrageous than the restriction of Constitutional rights for security, IMHO.
No, I think internal politics killed those crews.
As to the first, I demur. As to the second, I demur. As to the third, I agree. And further, I can't even imagine what such an advancement might be. I'm open to suggestions.
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