Why would NASA outsource missions to SpaceX? | Peter Ward
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Tragedies at NASA, such as
Challenger and Columbia's disasters have impeded the organization from taking
risks, critics say. Indeed, in terms of PR, these tragedies were particularly
baleful.
Although NASA was once a
contractor, its staff spearheading missions, today they are more a client.
SpaceX is basically selling NASA a ride to the ISS.
Essentially, NASA has put the
risk on private companies — if anything bad happens, it's on SpaceX, for
example. This switch may better further space colonization goals, though,
because the private sector has more flexibility, in terms of how business is
conducted. Also, NASA, as a national entity, avoids the pall of a possible
disaster.
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