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withinboredomyesterday at 11:14 AM4 repliesview on HN

I'd prefer if we just wrote off space-x and pretend they don't exist.


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randallsquaredyesterday at 12:23 PM

SpaceX is the only major operator of spaceflights in the US: more than 95% of all satellites launched are launched by SpaceX, not just in the US, but worldwide.

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monkeyworkyesterday at 2:56 PM

why because "elon bad" ??

cut your nose off to spite your face if you want but the rest of us will recognize the importance of space-x and be grateful it is here.

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TheBlightyesterday at 1:17 PM

Because of your personal politics?

rbanffyyesterday at 4:08 PM

Imagine if NASA had the resources and the freedom to pursue a high-risk high-return strategy the same way SpaceX did. NASA can't afford high-profile failures because it needs political support to function from a Congress that doesn't understand engineering.

Now imagine the public good will if the US could have built a network of LEO satellites providing communications to everyone on Earth regardless of nationality, with equal access and funded by governments so that all their residents could have access to it for free (once they buy an antenna made in the US).

Some will say it'd be communism. I would say it could be part of a Pax Americana that doesn't involve coups, but is based on willing cooperation.