NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag–and it’s colossal

Re:NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag–and it’s co... by sho_hn on Saturday June 24, 2023 @11:33AM (#36459550)

Commercial will benefit massively from the R&D results of this mission, which is attempting many engineering firsts and enablers. SpaceX is standing on the shoulders of past giants, too.

The thing is, companies fail more easily financially than governments do. It's a good use of gov funds to minimize risks of productization for the private sector, to give them a competitive leg up.

This is how the US space industry is winning, imho - spoken as a European.

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Re:NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag–and it’s co... by melling on Saturday June 24, 2023 @11:47AM (#36459669)

Yes, companies usually don’t have unlimited funds. Shareholders start complaining (e.g Metaverse).

It’s quite simple. The budget doubled to $10 billion. Cancel the project.

We’ve been promoting a faster, better, cheaper NASA for 3 decades. It’s not working. Let’s find a better way to increase innovation.

https://www.upi.com/amp/Archives/2000/03/15/NASA-study-faste...

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Re:NASA’s Mars Sample Return has a new price tag–and it’s co... by andrepd on Saturday June 24, 2023 @01:19PM (#36460670)

>It's a good use of gov funds to minimize risks of productization for the private sector, to give them a competitive leg up.

It's a good use to spend public funds to boost private profit?

Well it certainly is a good use, but only for one of those parties.

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