Winning spacecraft will dock with the station at least a year before go time
  • kalkulat@lemmy.world
    10·
    11 months ago

    who’s fucked up more historically, private entities or governments?

    Historically, private entities … not even close. Governments are far more open to scrutiny. Entities pay well to keep their fuckups hidden. You have dig into the hundreds of books written about them to learn the documented facts. How many workers did Ford have shot? (Why did Hitler give him a golden award?) Why did the German dye-makers move their factories to New Jersey, then China? Why was noone willing to insure the early nuclear reactors … so the government had to?

    • ubermeisters@lemmy.world
      16·
      11 months ago

      Option 1: government does it

      • Government makes plan
      • Government takes bids for contractors to do the work
      • Lowest bidder that can get a senator some decent head at dinner gets the contract
      • Earth shattering kaboom

      Option 2: Private Sector does it

      • Several companies See potential business opportunity
      • Companies innovate in an arms race to develop better platforms and technologies
      • Costs for the entire industry go down as a result of innovative solutions coming to market
      • Financial investments from external sources due to increased traction enable faster development and more rigorous testing
      • Earth shattering applause
        • ubermeisters@lemmy.world
          22·
          11 months ago

          Because our representatives allow themselves to be purchased. See bullet point 3 above, and try to keep up please

          • BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
            61·
            11 months ago

            Because privatization (and capitalism in general) opens the door for greedy corporations to squeeze every bit of profit they can out of something. And skirt regulation or oversight in the process

            • ubermeisters@lemmy.world
              22·
              11 months ago

              because because because because (ad nauseum) - the law allows it. that’s on the government. We can fix that. No, I don’t know how, and if I did, I would be screaming it from the rooftops.