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angrychair

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5. At first I was interested

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Thu Feb 22, 2024, 10:08 PM

Feb 2024

Now that I know it was a private company I am deeply disappointed and even more worried about the future of space.

Private companies only do things for profit. If we concede space to private enterprise than we are truly lost. There isn't a dystopian book or film that takes in space that didnt have a private company at its center

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Intuitive Machines lands on the moon in historic first for a U.S. company [View all] BumRushDaShow Feb 2024 OP

This is good. patphil Feb 2024 #1

Will need to land a lot of cargo pods pfitz59 Feb 2024 #2

Congrats on hitting 10K posts!! BumRushDaShow Feb 2024 #3

That's one small step for a machine. . . . Sneederbunk Feb 2024 #4

At first I was interested angrychair Feb 2024 #5

I've felt the same way, but Intuitive Machines looks like the real deal. ancianita Feb 2024 #8

They are doing business angrychair Feb 2024 #10

Wow, i forgot what a piece of work this Co. is. This is the Dick Cheney's baby. I have always thought Hotler Feb 2024 #11

Isn't the US government one of kbr's largest customers EX500rider Feb 2024 #12

OMG larwdem Feb 2024 #9

The future has arrived. It is corporations that will rule the world. Martin68 Feb 2024 #6

I can see it now, "Trump Cheese Company", with cheese from the moon. Pre-order now, operators are taking orders. twodogsbarking Feb 2024 #7

A private corporation lands on the Moon a mere fifty-five years after the socialist government program beat them to it. Aristus Feb 2024 #13

"Corporate" America built the Apollo rockets also EX500rider Feb 2024 #14

I know. But the management organization (NASA), and all of its employees (astronauts) were government workers. Aristus Feb 2024 #15

And that's somehow better? EX500rider Feb 2024 #16

No. The whole thing was just a musing on the corporate lubejob about being Aristus Feb 2024 #17