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[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Imagine what these engineers could achieve without shareholders and adult trust fund babies fucking them up.

I guarantee you they would have achieved this decades ago if it were the Soviet Union.

They got a man in space in the 50s ffs

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

100%. Reusable rockets in this fashion were even envisioned and designed by NASA many decades ago, they just never had the funding to do it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Mmm that makes sense. Too busy funding imperialism to spare some for space research.