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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: 0.521s | source
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heisgone ◴[21 Oct 25 18:44 UTC] No.45659875[source]▶
I can imagine SpaceX choosing to self-finance a mission to the moon and beat NASA at it.
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ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 ◴[21 Oct 25 18:50 UTC] No.45659951[source]▶
> I can imagine

That probably does require some imagination. Starting with any incentive to do so.

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1. TriangleEdge ◴[21 Oct 25 19:19 UTC] No.45660373[source]▶
SpaceX advert on the moon, giant and bright for the world to see every night for the next 50 years.
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2. bsenftner ◴[21 Oct 25 19:32 UTC] No.45660555[source]▶
This reminds me of in The Tick series. A villain named Chairface Chippendale, a sophisticated criminal mastermind with a distinctive chair for a head. Chairface decided to leave his mark on history - literally - by carving his entire name into the surface of the moon. Using incredibly powerful Geissman Lenses that could focus candlelight into an intense heat ray, he managed to carve out "CHA" before being stopped by The Tick and his allies. Musk is a comic book personality.