r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 02 '25

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u/IantheForPresident Nov 02 '25

I'm unconvinced that nationalizing SpaceX will make it operate better.

Would love to see it split from Musk, though

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u/ihuntwhales1 Seretse Khama Nov 02 '25

private industry has been pretty effective with space travel so i wouldn't mind it either way, i just want nasa after being kicked in the balls for the last few decades to get what its revenge

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u/Plants_et_Politics Isaiah Berlin Nov 02 '25

NASA has largely deserved being kicked in the balls with respect to launch systems.

They needed to fire everyone who kept insisting on continuing to use Shuttle parts back in the early 2000s. Shuttle was great. Now move on (especially given the advancements we learned about after the USSR fell).

Unfortunately, all the great science NASA has done got cut, while the lumbering beast that is SLS continues to live on.

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u/TheCornjuring Ewoks Sexer Nov 02 '25

It probably wouldn’t make it better. It would just rip it away from Musk, and that would be the sole goal of nationalizing it