Comment on We Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlink
finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 days agoCompared 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.
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.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 day 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.
FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 1 day ago
You have any links to support that it’s just cheap materials causing the failures?