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NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | 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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testing22321 ◴[21 Oct 25 19:06 UTC] No.45660186[source]▶
Elon just said starship will do the entire moon mission:

“Starship will end up doing the whole Moon mission. Mark my words.”

To address your question, what is the incentive for going to Mars

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1. rurp ◴[21 Oct 25 20:06 UTC] No.45660999[source]▶
The incentive to talk about going to Mars is that it's great propaganda for nerds. It gets people interested in the company and willing to work hard for below market pay. Actually going to Mars doesn't make any sense in the foreseeable future. The idea that we're going to setup a colony on the planet in a few years is a fun fantasy, not a serious plan.