As an institution, the United States Pentagon has come to be known for many things over the years — its transparency, its generosity, its cunning. Consistency is not one of them. In the wake of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's disastrous Starship explosion — the company's third in a row — some are pining for the good old days of tax-payer funded space research under NASA. "Weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago," asked Sarah Jeong, features editor at The Verge on Bluesky. "Also weren't we l
As much as I hate to admit this, NASA has killed more astronauts than SpaceX
Who would have thought capitalism is a bad idea?
Honestly, 19 deaths is a shockingly good statistic for “what if we shot you into the void on an exploding soup can?”
If SpaceX had to do the foundational work that NASA did there would be many more dead and still no space travel. Ellie wouldn’t even consider things like oxygen, he’d just be asking why the thrusters need to be held on with three bolts instead of two.
lol, could you imagine. Remind me, how many primates did he “Mengele” with his nuralink-thingy?