Such a shame he wasn’t on board at the time

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    Hopefully it’s not a design issue. Somebody needs to compete with SpaceX so Elon Musk doesn’t have an iron grip on space. Bezos sucks but at least they’d be forced to keep other in check if New Glenn works.

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      Here’s an idea: instead of private corporations sucking $20B a year on bad engineering, why not directly use that money for a not for profit federal agency?

      We could call it the National Aeronautic Space Administration for Launches. Or, NASAL.

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        believe me, I am all for public space. The problem is Congress fucking sucks. And also NASA can’t afford as much as said private corporations

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        I hope so! But also it’s going to need testing and that might take ages. Also New Glenn is competing with Starship / Falcon Heavy iirc so different class

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      Everyone buying shit from Amazon without thinking about the choice they’re making

      Many of the world’s problems can be laid at the feet of people putting their personal conveniences above everything else