slumberlust@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Musk’s X blocks links to JD Vance dossier and suspends journalist who posted itEnglish
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5 days agoYou are omitting the lede. Public appetite for failure on tax payer funds is near zero. That increases time, complexity, and cost for launches (with or without humans aboard).
I’m not saying it’s a good system, but one that exists due to the nature of the funding. Those external pressures (especially when it gets political) just don’t allow for the same amount of mistakes.
Remember, SpaceX was one failed launch away from bankruptcy.