News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on US achieves first moon landing in half century with private spacecraft. Parent comment

Re:US achieves first moon landing in half century with priva... by peddamat on Friday February 23, 2024 @12:20AM (#39477258)
Isn't that generally how customers work?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:US achieves first moon landing in half century with priva... by Retric on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:06AM (#39480071)
Sure, but when you pay a contractor to build a house it’s your house not theirs. IMO, saying something is private makes sense when the system is reusable and therefore the government is effectively renting a device for a specific mission.

As a one way trip paid for by NASA, this is simply a NASA mission.

[ Parent | on HN ]