• @nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz
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      84 days ago

      NASA does not build it’s own rockets (anymore) they make the payloads. NASA will never make rockets as good/cheap as a companies like ULA and SpaceX.

      Take a look at the cluster fuck that is the SLS if you want an example

        • @nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz
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          54 days ago

          SpaceX can make the payloads, and they already do in the form of starlink.

          NASA carries out research/experiments something that spaceX probably doesn’t want to compete in since for the most part it does not pay

        • @Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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          44 days ago

          Uh, basically no.

          NASA has experiments to run, spaceX has no idea what science NASA is interested in doing. So having SpaceX make the payload doesn’t really make a lot of sense.

          • @danc4498@lemmy.world
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            14 days ago

            So it sounds like they are codependent at this point. The bigger the nasa budget the better for space X.

            • @Cocodapuf@lemmy.world
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              33 days ago

              I mean, that’s always been the case. That’s literally spaceX’s primary job, putting things in space for NASA. It’s the same for every launch provider in the US.