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  • NASA doesn’t have effective control of their budget anymore. Congress holds the purse strings and uses them like a harness

    NASA gets funding to do something - like go to the moon, or track CO2 emissions. But it comes with strings - sometimes you have to build a certain component in a certain congressional district, sometimes Congress chooses the design you have to use

    It’s a problem of politics and corruption. When the public supports NASA, they have more autonomy. When NASA gets a blank check, they do more with it - reusable rockets aren’t a new idea, and when they cancelled the shuttle program NASA had brain drain. Some of those people founded spaceX - Elon didn’t start it, he came in when they were getting off the ground, just like with Tesla





  • theneverfox@pawb.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldThe mark
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    10 days ago

    The way I see it, it’s just a form of therapy. People don’t walk in and sit silently, they talk about their problems and get vague reassurance that everything is going to be alright - or occasional advice when they’re way out of bounds

    I don’t think it’s unethical to do that, so long as you operate in good faith with good intentions