Posted on 10/19/2024 9:47:56 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Working for European companies, that is 100 percent correct.
Chandrayaan-3 landed on the Moon. The Russians tried to do it recently but failed even though the Soviets did it in the ‘70s. The Chinese sent a probe to the Moon so they’re competing with China.
The difference between private enterprise and governments.
Space X answers to one man.
Government programs must answer to hundreds (all with their own agenda).
Saudi Arabia is a fundamentalist country - and who knows if some fundamentalist muslim will rise to power in the future in those other countries - poor bet.
Correct. But MBS is a great leader. He's modern. He looks up to the West. Now women is allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia thanks to MBS.
and who knows if some fundamentalist muslim will rise to power in the future in those other countries - poor bet.
Obviously, that's a risk.
But we're having problems in the West.
To be fair, the recent US lunar probes failed as well.
US failures: Peregrine failed to even make it to the moon and Odysseus landed skewed and failed after a week. And that’s just this year.
Boeing?
“100 ton payloads. Crazy good”
Yep, it took 13 years of launches to build the ISS. I wonder what that it would have taken with Space X capability?
Sorry, India's moon landing is FAKE. The video of it looks like a cheap 1990's video game. Not buying India landing on the moon for a second.
It isn’t just Europe. It’s the whole globalist can do nothing elite who have collectively promoted themselves to be in charge of everything. It’s all coming unglued, here in the US as much as anywhere.
One quick slice of a knife, one bullet changes MBS to dead.
Less far less problems in the West than taking a fool’s risk in the ME. Brazil would be a better bet, as would Argentina than anything in the ME.
The humiliation is worse than the article states. Space X performed successful launches this year of Galileo satellites and of ESA scientific payloads.
It really is amazing isn’t it? In addition to vastly more launches and cheaper launches and technology nobody else can compete with in reusable rockets, SpaceX also has Starlink which is the only communications system the Russians can’t jam. ....and not only communications but is also for targeting for smart bombs/missiles as well and navigation for ships at sea too. Its miles ahead of everybody else in its coverage worldwide.
Let’s not forget, Musk is rescuing 2 NASA Astronauts that Boeing stranded at the ISS because their spacecraft failed to work.
Given all his success when he says that he plans to put a man on the moon in the next couple of years or Mars missions in 2030, does anyone doubt he can pull it off.
With the capture of spacex in the tower and Elons plan on 1 hour turnaround times, he can do launches of lunar components and assemble them in space for the ride to the moon. It’s a whole new ballgame.
NASA should be disbanded.
Let’s hope they really leave when Trump gets elected this time. They will be much more comfortable in other big government countries.
Not enough scientists and engineers coming in on the boats from Africa.
No, but NASA projects nonetheless.
NASA used to be great in the '60s and '70s.
They're not completely useless. The Voyager mission is still active which was launched in the '70s.
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