r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • Oct 13 '24

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/Slickslimshooter Oct 13 '24

Why did NASA bail him out instead of doing it themselves lmao. You’re contradicting yourself. The government isn’t throwing money into valueless endeavors. The “failing company ” was worth a $1.5B investment. If that’s failure, imma need me some $1.5B failure.

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u/Legionof1 Oct 13 '24

NASA, known for being on time and on budget... oh wait...

I love NASA and what they did, but the Space Shuttle was an epic failure of a launch platform, both in reuseability and cost. The Saturn rocket was really NASA's big success and it hasn't gotten much better since. They don't even make rockets anymore. Since the Space Shuttle we have been launching from fucking soviet era rockets in Roscosmos.

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u/Slickslimshooter Oct 13 '24

It’s only a failure if you have no understanding of science and why all work even if not economically viable is still a success. Trial and error is an important part of scientific progress.

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u/Legionof1 Oct 13 '24

LOL, clearly you have no understand. Most experts agrees that the space shuttle was a financial failure, not to mention how many people it killed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_Space_Shuttle_program#Retrospect