We have crises here that are only exacerbated by this dumb need to send people to space.
The human race is capable of doing more than one thing at a time. That we aren’t working on solving our many crises has nothing to do with whether or not we’re in space. You’re tying together two issues that have absolutely nothing to do with each other.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Space used to be cool when it was the playground of scientists and engineers. What made it all vomit was the privatization of astronautics to the worst possible assholes.
MrSmith@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bingo.
I’m fine with national space programs and whatnot.
I’m not fine with private sector in space.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Are you aware of just how much of NASA’s budget was being drained for bullshit ‘cost+’ contracts with Boeing et al?
Elon sucks, but spacex has progressed space tech significantly, at a much lower cost than before.
National space programs are great, but the US turned them into a kickbacks program.
MrSmith@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
SpaceX is a garbage company that only proves my point. It’s a leech of taxpayers’ money for private gains.
NASA has achieved much more, much more time ago. If it wasn’t for the brain-drain caused by SpaceX, and the cashflow that was directed away from it, it could’ve been much more useful.
Now all we get is the dickhead and his followers exploding rockets “to Mars” (lmao) for shits and giggles.
Miaou@jlai.lu 3 weeks ago
Indeed, as a state owned company, Boeing is really inefficient
Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 weeks ago
Looks like outsourcing good management of public resources to fix inefficiency. Why is some greedy fuck with delusions of grandeur needed here?
njordomir@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yup, I’m fine with it being done by a public org in the pursuit of science and furtherment of humanity.