What does the privatization of space flight, and it's subsequent technical failures resulting in a 2-week expedition turning into a 10-month expedition have to do with capitalism? Is that a serious question?

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world -4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (1 children)

So a non-capitalist space program would have no technical issues ever? Sounds about as sound as most communist propaganda logic.
If you actually read the article, they are staying there to continue the science until replacement crew arrives. The capsule is ready and they are able to return any time. There wasn't another technical failure.

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml -3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) (2 children)

Sounds like capitalism apologist logic to me.

" There wasn’t another technical failure."

How many commercial technical failures and logistic failures is adequate for you? They are in this position because NASA (A public space agency) determined that Starliner -(a private craft) wasn't safe to use as a return vehicle

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Why hasn't NASA just sent a NASA vehicle to receive them?

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 0 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

I bet they would had the Obama administration not moved to privatize spaceflight -Did you miss the part I said about capitalism and privatized space flight in an earlier comment?

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 3 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

How many commercial technical failures and logistical failures is adequate for you?

Maybe fewer or equal than there were with government run NASA? Starliner turned out to be a safe spacecraft that was recalled due to abundance of caution. Which leaders at NASA were far more comfortable doing, since it reflects badly on Boing instead of them (which is a good thing).

On the other hand, while NASA run the launches itself, how many astronauts died in disasters?

You are seriously going to pretend one issue is somehow a failure of privatized spaceflight? A nonfatal issue that caused two astronauts to chill on the space station for longer than expected, most of it voluntarily?

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Nuance isn't allowed here on lemmy. You will hate capitalism or you will be silenced. You will hate privatization, or you will be ostracized.

[–] DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

I thought that was Reddits thing. Is that just an American thing in general?