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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 2 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.434s | source
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reactordev ◴[21 Oct 25 13:21 UTC] No.45655443[source]▶
Posture, no one can compete, not even NASA.
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raverbashing ◴[21 Oct 25 13:28 UTC] No.45655530[source]▶
Yeah who is going to deliver faster and more reliable than SpaceX? Boeing? LM?

Doubt

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JohnFen ◴[21 Oct 25 13:34 UTC] No.45655624[source]▶
I don't know who else can, but I do seriously doubt SpaceX is going to be able to deliver within the next decade or so either.
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dotnet00 ◴[21 Oct 25 13:42 UTC] No.45655721[source]▶
They're by far the ones with the most relevant experience and actually flying hardware (human spaceflight, propulsive landing, flight testing hardware for HLS), in the US.

I don't think it's going to take them a decade, but they probably won't be ready within Trump's term, and I think that's the real reason for this latest push.

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1. chasd00 ◴[21 Oct 25 13:57 UTC] No.45655881[source]▶
when the Democrats wrestle back control of the federal government all things related to Trump, no matter how tangentially, are getting castrated. That includes SpaceX because of Elon Musk so they need to get it while the getting's good.

edit: the vindictive behavior of the current crop of politicians is just cutting off your nose to spite your face. All of it is going to come right back around when the parties swap places.

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2. dotnet00 ◴[21 Oct 25 14:27 UTC] No.45656259[source]▶
I don't expect democrats to be super vindictive to SpaceX, except if they think they can redirect that money to old-space companies like Boeing (which is less about being vindictive and more that most politicians are shamelessly corrupt).