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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by fwip on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:00PM (#45662825)
Sailing vessels serve an actual purpose, though. The Dutch didn't build better boats for bragging rights.
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by dekhn on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:31PM (#45663106)
National pride has long been tightly coupled to seafaring capabilities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_(ship) "Richly decorated as a symbol of the king's ambitions for Sweden and himself, upon completion she was one of the most powerfully armed vessels in the worl"
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by TomWhitwell on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @05:37AM (#45666729)
Underrated comment
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by fwip on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @11:18AM (#45670479)
Sorry, you're right - they didn't build them solely for bragging rights.
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