• The Quuuuuill@slrpnk.net
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      17 hours ago

      ruining earth does not justify the shit missions spacex does making our orbits more hostile to real science

      • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
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        17 hours ago

        I’m unaware, AFAIK SpaceX is the leading launch provider in the world, taking the place of NASA. Is that a good thing? Probably not but if we’re not going to fund it at a government level someone has to do it.

        • Vandals_handle@lemmy.world
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          10 hours ago

          Space X has received over $20 billion of funding from the us federal government. We are funding at a government level.