The Stark Politics of SpaceX’s Starship

How politicians can starve innovation

Oct 3, 2019

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Just hours before the unveiling of SpaceX’s Starship rocket prototype, NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine took to Twitter and made a statement that shocked much of the space community, who were quick to point out the apparent hypocrisy of publicly shaming SpaceX while failing to call out its Commercial Crew rival Boeing, who faced far worse delays. Othe…

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