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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: 0s | source
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dzonga[dead post] ◴[21 Oct 25 13:43 UTC] No.45655728[source]▶
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loourr ◴[21 Oct 25 13:48 UTC] No.45655766[source]▶
Can you name a rocket program that was delivered ahead of schedule? I'm not aware of one that exists.
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2OEH8eoCRo0 ◴[21 Oct 25 13:52 UTC] No.45655818[source]▶
The first moon landing? Kennedy wanted it done before the end of the decade and they landed in 1969. I guess you could argue that it was on schedule rather than ahead.
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1. loourr ◴[21 Oct 25 14:19 UTC] No.45656163[source]▶
Their actual internal deadlines were significantly missed
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2. 2OEH8eoCRo0 ◴[21 Oct 25 17:28 UTC] No.45658656[source]▶
Moving the goalposts. They hit the deadline that mattered.