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Re:NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches the moon, flying 81 miles... by kube-system on Monday November 21, 2022 @04:01PM (#33697862)
And high-end manufacturing capability is very important to have domestically from a defense perspective.

I recall some NPR story recently about war games the US runs about a hypothetical war with China -- it was said that the US loses most of the time in these simulations. Why? A lack of industrial capability.

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Re:NASA’s Orion spacecraft reaches the moon, flying 81 miles... by robertlagrant on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @01:14PM (#33708878)
If SpaceX hadn't appeared then the ISS would be in an interesting spot still relying on Russian rockets.
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