Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWe Should Immediately Nationalize SpaceX and Starlinkjacobin.comexternal-linkmessage-square504fedilinkarrow-up11.2Karrow-down1116
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minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months agoGenerally NASA doesn’t “develop” rockets per se, they commission rockets to specification.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·edit-22 months agoIt’s the specification process that’s the thing, nobody there would have gone out on a limb the way SpaceX has with their recovery systems. Look where they are on a shuttle replacement: the Apollo capsule with more room.
Generally NASA doesn’t “develop” rockets per se, they commission rockets to specification.
It’s the specification process that’s the thing, nobody there would have gone out on a limb the way SpaceX has with their recovery systems. Look where they are on a shuttle replacement: the Apollo capsule with more room.