I’m not too familiar with the politics behind all of this, especially around that time.
since president nixon, there’s been a well documented trend of gov’t programs intentionally starved of federal resources, with the goal of justifying private industry taking over services those programs once provided themselves. spacex is probably the most modern manifestation of this trend.
those “pros and cons” are a false framing intended to steer your opinion away from the question of why nasa can’t do this themselves anymore.
the last time nasa did this themselves, humanity got smartphones and modern medicine but when spacex does this, the only thing that happens is an epstein oligarch gets A LOT richer.
since president nixon, there’s been a well documented trend of gov’t programs intentionally starved of federal resources, with the goal of justifying private industry taking over services those programs once provided themselves. spacex is probably the most modern manifestation of this trend.
those “pros and cons” are a false framing intended to steer your opinion away from the question of why nasa can’t do this themselves anymore.
the last time nasa did this themselves, humanity got smartphones and modern medicine but when spacex does this, the only thing that happens is an epstein oligarch gets A LOT richer.