Comment on We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink

• finitebanjo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Compared to previously SpaceX has been seeing more and more failed launches, Starlink is banned in a number of countries and there are already other low orbit internet satellite providers popping up.

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  • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You say “failed”, engineers say “ok what have we learned and what can we improve/fix from this?”. These launches are tests. Every single launch is testing every single part of the hardware and software. Tests failing isn’t a bad thing, as it helps you fix problems and make things better.

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    • JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      They are years behind schedule and obscenely over budget on this testing. They’re not even making new technology here, they are just cheaping out on the builds to funnel money into their own pockets.

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      • FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        You have any links to support that it’s just cheap materials causing the failures?

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