• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    17 days ago

    I’m not sure what part you think I’m not understanding since I didn’t suggest the opposite of anything you said.

    • Pennomi@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      17 days ago

      Fair enough, other than the idea that they shouldn’t have been paid for the services rendered. R&D is a service just as much as launch is.

      I do agree that anything developed using public funds should be publicly owned. Good luck convincing the US government of that though… that would upset the corporate overlords.

      • WoodScientist@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        17 days ago

        SpaceX has been paid extensively for services not rendered. The funds that are currently paying for their Starship development were ostensibly for a lunar lander. And they’re years behind schedule at this point. They haven’t even started on the lander itself.