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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by harimau777 on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:06PM (#45662905)
Personally, I think it matters whether its achieved by a private company versus by society. That's especially the case when the private company is so closely tied to someone who hates and alienates so much of society. I don't think that I could view a win for Musk as a win for anything that looks like my chunk of the US.

There's also the fact that part of NASA's mission is to share their knowledge with the public.

Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by tw04 on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:35PM (#45663140)
>Personally, I think it matters whether its achieved by a private company versus by society.

How exactly are you making the distinction? Space-X wouldn't exist without governemnt funding. CATL sells launches to commercial entities as well as servicing the government.

Official ownership? Because China seems to think a lot of what Space-X is doing can only be accomplished by the commercial sector and is funding startups in China to do the same thing.

https://spacenews.com/chinas-landspace-secures-state-backed-...

Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by tclancy on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @10:24PM (#45664252)
Who any profits go to would be an easy first measure.
Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by vkou on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @10:57PM (#45664456)
> China seems to think a lot of what Space-X is doing can only be accomplished by the commercial sector and is funding startups in China to do the same thing.

That's how China's been running their economy for decades. Every few years, the government sets a direction everyone should row in, and generally lets private firms figure out which one of them will get there fastest.

Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by nxor on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @07:41PM (#45663182)
> so much of society

Much of society agrees with his points on crime

Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by harimau777 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:29PM (#45673231)
I don't think that matters. There's still roughly half of society that doesn't. Meanwhile NASA has something like a 90% approval rating.
Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by nxor on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @03:40PM (#45674145)
It's just wrong to say he hates and alienates society. As far as crime is concerned (which I brought up), he stands for those of us that live in violent areas and can't just scream what the other side does.
Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by harimau777 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @05:51PM (#45675626)
I don't know what to say. He clearly hates trans people, routinely shares anti-semetic content, and sure seems to hate anyone on the left.
Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by nxor on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @08:11PM (#45676736)
He is critical of the trans movement. He is not antisemitic. He supports pro Israel parties. If the right is hateful, why has there been an increase of liberal killers? This is a genuine question - I am neither liberal nor conservative
Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by harimau777 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:52PM (#45677318)
The vast majority of political killers are right wing.

Saying that his daughter is dead to him because she transitioned and working to remove trans rights is a bit more than just being "critical of the trans movement".

Again I don't know what to say. If sharing neo-Nazi material and doing a Hitler salute isn't anti-semitic then I don't know what is.

Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by eru on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @08:42PM (#45663660)
> Personally, I think it matters whether its achieved by a private company versus by society.

People appreciate German cars just fine, and no one seems to be particularly bothered that they are produced by workers in private sector companies instead of 'by society'. Whatever that even means.

Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by harimau777 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @01:24PM (#45672318)
I'm not sure that I understand how a consumer product like a car is similar to something done for inherent value like space exploration.

When I say "by society" I mean a non-private organization like NASA.

Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by eru on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @06:47PM (#45676129)
The space exploration is done by NASA using inputs from the private sector, like hammers or rockets.

> When I say "by society" I mean a non-private organization like NASA.

Is there any non-government organisation that can do any good in your opinion? What about a charitable trust? What about mostly unorganised protesters like those that moved Germany towards unification?

Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by harimau777 on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:48PM (#45677303)
Charities can do a lot of good. When it comes to stuff like this, my only concern is whether they are able to discriminate against people.

It's mainly profit oriented organizations that I don't trust.