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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: 0.401s | source
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dtj1123 ◴[21 Oct 25 13:44 UTC] No.45655736[source]▶
Remind me why we need to get to the moon again?
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1. philipwhiuk ◴[21 Oct 25 14:10 UTC] No.45656036[source]▶
American Republicans have invented that it's in a race with China even though it's already been and it's not clear China thinks it's a race.
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2. notahacker ◴[21 Oct 25 19:01 UTC] No.45660114[source]▶
I suspect China thinks that dominance of space comes with superior research capability, and are delighted that the current US government is doing everything it can to sabotage that whilst fixating on a symbolic achievement which shouldn't really matter much to the US...