Meno male che lo hai detto.
Infatti qualche post sopra.....le missioni spaziali devono avere rischi di non riuscita prossimi allo zero, un lancio sbagliato, con investimenti di un certo livello, sono un problema serio che potrebbero, come già successo, rallentare la corsa a nuovi orizzonti spaziali.
Musk: Falcon Heavy's center booster hit ocean 'hard,' damaged drone ship
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Did NASA pass up SpaceX offer for Falcon Heavy payload? Former NASA official raises questions
The claim that SpaceX made an offer to fly more serious payloads on what’s now the world’s most powerful operational rocket might make some people feel better about the “Tesla gimmick.”
On the other hand, the rationale for flying such a silly payload was that the flight was too risky to fly anything more serious. If NASA and the Air Force turned down an offer, it’s more likely because they didn’t have the right kind of spacecraft ready for launch on a rocket that might well have blown up.
SpaceX could save NASA and the future of space exploration | TheHill
SpaceX offered NASA the opportunity to get a free ride on this first launch. But the space agency viewed commercial development of this rocket as "competition" and refused their offer. Instead, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk put his own Tesla Roadster onboard, turning the event into a brilliant cross-marketing event.
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NASA has spent more than $15 billion to try and develop their own heavy lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), with a first flight planned in roughly two years — assuming all goes according to plan.
Once operational, SLS will cost NASA over $1 billion per launch. The Falcon Heavy, developed at zero cost to the taxpayer, would charge NASA approximately $100M per launch. In other words, NASA could buy 10 Falcon Heavy launches for the coat of one SLS launch — and invest the remainder in truly revolutionary and meaningful missions that advance science and exploration.
It is understandable that government employees, contractors and their elected officials want to keep this expensive rocket development program going. A large share of NASA’s roughly $19billion budget has been spent on this constituency, and in turn is protected by them. We have come to accept this “tax” on the agency, but It is time for the nation to decide if we want a space program — or a jobs program.
NASA's marketing of how many elephants, locomotives and airplanes could be launched by various versions of SLS is a perfect example of the frivolity of developing, building and operating their own rocket. NASA advertises that it will be able to launch 12.5 elephants to LEO on Block I SLS, or 2.8 more elephants than the Falcon Heavy could launch. But if we are counting elephants — the planned Block II version of SLS could launch 30 elephants, while SpaceX's BFR could launch 34. Talk about significant.
The government should be focusing on their unique, longer-term goals and partnering with the private sector to help incentivize the success of this commercial U.S. enterprise.





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