Comment on In first, private US spaceship lands upright on Moon

MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• LesserAbe@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I’m all for a balance between public and private space missions. That said, this mission was run by a different company from SpaceX, and I’m not clear how this would be called junk while a government operated mission wouldn’t be junk. The article also mentions this mission is in partnership with NASA.

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  • MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There is a Tesla in space. That is junk.

    This mission? No clue.

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• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Yeah I think decontamination is standard. But why is this bad for public space exploration?

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  • MNByChoice@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I don’t know that decontamination is standard.

    It is bad if only a small number of people get access to space. Once SpaceX can handle space, NASA can be eliminated. DOGE has already targeted NASA.

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    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      So this lander was funded by NASA. It’s also increasing the access to space my making it cheaper and more payload capacity. I don’t see how keeping a NASA monopoly increases access to space.

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