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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by trenchpilgrim on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @09:45AM (#45669077)
If you want massive returns on medical and health sciences, you get far better returns investing in medical research and public health programs. Same with technology - if you want better materials and electronics, invest in physics research.
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by wredcoll on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @10:32AM (#45669724)
Isn't that basically what they did? The moon landing was just a big test of the research.
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by trenchpilgrim on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @10:41AM (#45669843)
The US spent 6% of its GDP to land on the moon, much of that money going into military and aerospace companies . It is far more efficient to spend that money on medical, health and physics research directly; the moon landing accomplished political and cultural objectives.
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by wredcoll on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @02:59PM (#45673604)
> money on medical, health and physics research directly

What precisely is the difference? Where was space-race money spent that shouls be reallocated? My point is you eventually need to put the research into practice.

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