/sci/ - Science & Math

You guys are thinking about this all wrong, thinking we should ONLY rely on commercial spaceflight or that they shouldn't be involved at all and we should ONLY rely on government-operated vehicles.

The ideal scenario is simple - build a space program around utilizing the best that both camps have to offer. Utilize commercially operated vehicles to drastically reduce the cost of transporting crew and cargo to orbit, start building serious infrastructure in LEO like orbital laboratories, manufacturing facilities, maintenance and support stations, refueling depots, etc.

Meanwhile use the billions we save using commercial LVs to reinvest into new NASA operated science and manned missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond.


It doesn't have to be one or the other, we can have the best of both worlds.