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Re:SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation by Areading314 on Tuesday December 18, 2018 @09:33PM (#18712557)
It's abilities at killing astronauts are unmatched too... I don't see why people still think positively of the shuttle program after all the lives that were lost. It's like people fawning over how great the Titanic was.
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Re:SpaceX Is Raising $500M at a $30.5B Valuation by gpm on Wednesday December 19, 2018 @12:27AM (#18713277)
The shuttle failed at a number of rather important things, that one, price, refurbishment time, etc.

It still managed to do some pretty spectacular things no one else had ever done. I think that's worth something. I think the people who gave their lives thought that was worth something. I think they would rather the program be remembered for its triumphs than its failures.

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