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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by elzbardico on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @10:03PM (#45664153)
American mojo have real world economic consequences. The value of the dollar depends a lot on how the rest of the world sees America.
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by bigyabai on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @10:55PM (#45664439)
You know what else has real world economic consequences? Dead astronauts.

I'm all for reinvigorating the global economy with a resurgence in scientific investment, but it only works if we do it patiently. China understands that, the CCP is quite capable of national planning that transcends administrations. You can't force a moon landing like it's a political OKR, if you do then you better have a pretty solid Plan B considering the amount of risk it represents.

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