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		ceejayoz 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SpaceX Starship 36 Anomaly NASA paid to get cargo and people up. Every other provider discarded the first stage. NASA also got much cheaper launches out of it. They’re just fine.

hshdhdhj4444 7 months ago [–]

This is the kind of logic that led the HE to outsource its manufacturing base to China because “Americans got cheaper shit”.

It’s a very reasonable argument for little tchotchkes you sell to tourists but much less so when talking about critical technologies.

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