WHAT THE FUCK IS A PRIVATE SUCCESSOR TO THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
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Rad O'Brien, Chief Engineer
STOP HAVING PRIVATE COMPANIES DO SO MUCH FOR SPACE STUFF
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short version: the ISS can't last much past 2030, if that. NASA can't afford to run both a Moon program and build a replacement station at the same time. so they hope they can spin LEO off to the private sector. if not - gotta pick LEO or Moon, but not both.
Hello misaligned incentives.
Hello shit qc.
Hello resource-draining commercialization
CHINA: oh okay. that’s fine, we’ll design our own i guess
USA: wait wat
CHINA: we want to focus more on science than military anyways
USA: now hold on a sec
CHINA: we’re going to work with other countries. let us know if you want to cooperate later 🙂👍
USA: 😨😠
USA: Make sure that doesn't get on the TV, it makes us look like jackasses.
I wish the completion was a bit more public, I think it would spur interest. Now we have peppers! Now they have bok choy! Now we have lettuce! Now they have plants growing in a capsule on the moon! (They did.) It would be fun?