Best. Reason. EVER.
Earlier tonight, the SpaceX Corporation started fulfilling its contract with NASA to supply the International Space Station. Launch #1 of the twelve contracted has, so far, been an unqualified success:
The best reason ever put forward to keeping a medium- or heavy-lift launch capacity in the United States comes from the ISS Director, who said, "When you have a launch vehicle that's in your country, it just makes it a lot easier because literally shipping and customs can kill you when you're trying to get overseas . . . "
Saving money, and avoiding all that paperwork and fees involved in moving stuff offshore.
Best Reason EVER for keeping any industry here in the good old U.S.A., don't you think?
The best reason ever put forward to keeping a medium- or heavy-lift launch capacity in the United States comes from the ISS Director, who said, "When you have a launch vehicle that's in your country, it just makes it a lot easier because literally shipping and customs can kill you when you're trying to get overseas . . . "
Saving money, and avoiding all that paperwork and fees involved in moving stuff offshore.
Best Reason EVER for keeping any industry here in the good old U.S.A., don't you think?
posted by Walt at 10:00 PM
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