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NASA is about to make its most important safety decision in nearly a generation (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd hope they're paying them more, since they're working very long hours. But I do think starship is likely to do well, they've crossed some huge barriers to cheap reusability.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    At what point does cheapness outweigh reliability? It was good to keep wasteful and incompetent military contractors on their toes, but that's going to have diminishing returns, eventually.

    Elon's vision is spaceflight cheap enough for extremely wealthy consumers to frequent, any further in that direction and SpaceX maybe might no longer benefit the general public.

    We'll see.

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