“Licensing at this point for Starship is a critical path item for the Artemis program."
  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    311·
    1 year ago

    Their mission is to enable safe spaceflight. We cannot give up on the safety side, but could there be a little bit more emphasis on the enable side?

    Maybe if SpaceX hadn’t just destroyed a launch pad and the surrounding area I would be more sympathetic.

    • kiwifoxtrot@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      Space X was also very slow in getting the required report to the agency to review. Perhaps Space X should have done a better job there instead of rushing ahead to the next launch.

      • sebinspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        1 year ago

        I want Elon to stay the fuck away from all of this. Let me like spaceships without feeling fucking gross about it.

        • Maeve@kbin.social
          2·
          1 year ago

          As much as I agree with the sentiment, we both know that’s not going to happen. Let him pay for the privilege.