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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spaceflightmemes@sh.itjust.works

Gwynne wisely sits this one out:

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[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 39 points 1 month ago

This is why NASA should never have outsourced its rocket programme.

[-] Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 13 points 1 month ago

What!?? Being reliant on a petulant manchild isn't a good long term strategy??? Who would have guessed?

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

What would the alternative for transport to and from the ISS have been? Keep flying the Space Shuttle for two more decades? Ares I + Orion? SLS + Orion? Rely on Soyuz indefinitely?

Falcon 9 + Dragon are one of the best returns on investment NASA have gotten recently.

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

Considering the head of the Russian space programme threatened to yeet the ISS at Ukraine, relying on Soyuz might not be any more sane than this.

[-] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

Well, it’s not looking too good right now.

[-] jumping_redditor@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

or maybe the government should have purchased the capsule outright instead of on a contract.

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