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Would space travel be better off privatized or should it be left to the government?


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Would space travel be better off privatized or should it be left to the government?
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>>56778353
It should be left to the government.
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Best to have both around.
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SPACE FOR SPACENOIDS SIEG ZEON
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Left to the government, I mean how tacky would it be to see the first man on Mars putting the flag into the ground that's sponsored by McDonald's or Apple.
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What do you think?
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>>56778353

Private. A Bernie Sanders NASA would have affirmative action astronauts and put blacks on the mars for free.
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>>56778620
At least you didn't have to pay for it with higher taxes.
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Both.
If you leave it to governments, it will always stay expensive and always be restricted.
If you put it to private industry, it's more open to innovation and cost cutting (with safety regulations, that doesn't always mean replace heavy glass windows with plastic wrap).
The latter makes it cheaper, the former in the beginning provides the base to build from.
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>>56778804
i'd rather pay for humanity to touch another planet than for shaniqua's 50th baby
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Probably both, but I would much rather see an American flag in Mars than fucking a fucking Spacex flag.
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>>56779211
This tbqh.
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>>56778353
Don't really give a fuck as long as getting job done
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Government does the dangerous unprofitable frontier work, private industry comes in once things are somewhat safe and profitable.

Private industry still benefits from government space programs anyway. All NASA does is research and administration. The actual building of spacecraft is contracted out to private companies.
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>>56778682
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>>56778593
Psst, hey. I know who you are. Sieg Zeon!
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>>56778682


space is hard
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>>56778353
Let them compete.
Fuckin' duh.
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>>56778620
>>56779211
>>56779266
Who cares about flags in space? I don't care if Hasbro's flag is there as long as they help humanity reach into the cosmos.
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>>56778804
a penny
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