Celebrities React to NASA SpaceX #LaunchAmerica

[carolinalily]

We have liftoff. History is made as @NASA_Astronauts launch from @NASAKennedy for the first time in nine years on the @SpaceX Crew Dragon: pic.twitter.com/alX1t1JBAt
- NASA (@NASA) May 30, 2020

Tweet. For the first time in 9 years, America sent a manned crew into space

Comments

[sarahvma]

Space exploration being owned by private business is definitely the start of a horror movie.

[arnaudian]

yeah why is elon musk funding this? does nasa not have enough money?

[januarysix]

NASA gave Elon the contract so in a way they are funding it. But before that Elon funded all the development work that led up to winning the contract. SpaceX has been around for 18 years. Commercial Crew has been in the works since before Shuttle ended, companies such as Boeing bid on this projects and got funding from NASA along the way.

[arnaudian]

so nasa has had private partners such as spacex and boeing for a long time? huh, i always thought it was fully funded by the govt

[januarysix]

mixed feelings, Elon Musk's involvement and all the other billionaires taking over NASA kinda sours this for me. Plus what is going on in the world seems like nothing changed in 50 years.

[bellwetherr]

so i kind of don't care about space lmao

[ohwutevernvm]

Lol :( hahaha

[therearewords]

Wild idea but let's clean up this planet and its societies first.

[teenxwolf]

the only ppl who get to go to space when earth is destroyed is the top 1% so why tf should i care

[turtleisland]

What Has Space Exploration Brought Humanity

Interesting. Definitely didn't know all that.

Speaking of space, I liked the For All Mankind series on Apple+

[aaronnyc89]

[packsofreasons]

Yes to this. R&D spending is teeny tiny compared to defence, imagine what can be accomplished if that money is put to good use.