Why doesn't any billionaire extradite this slow program.

>>8450672
>extradite
not the word i was looking for but pretend i said what i meant

>>8450672
Maybe because (as I understand it) NASA needs government approval for projects, whereas privately people can build rockets, go to planets etc. as they please (maybe? Not sure).. But hey, just glad to see Tesla/Musk, Boeing, etc. all working towards interplanetary life.

>>8450672
Because NASA is more interested in science. SpaceX and the rest are just engineering.

>>8450672

For nasa outlived it's fame and become an obese blob of bureaucracy and nepotism.

Any $$$ thrown at them would vanish with little if any result.

Billionaires didn't become billionaires by throwing their moonee into tar-pit.

>>8451037
>Any $$$ thrown at them would vanish with little if any result.
Not sure that's the case. While NASA already gets close to $20 billion per year, the trouble with NASA's funding is how much comes earmarked for specific programs, which are often inefficient by design, as Congress critters secure pork for their districts.

Anyway, the number of people who could just give away $10 billion is pretty small. Just over a hundred have a net worth of $10 billion or more, and net worth isn't spending money. Often, it means assets which would lose value rapidly if their current owners tried to sell them.

According to Forbes, there are only 34 people with a net worth over $20 billion.

Anyway, the billionaires who are space enthusiasts are generally starting companies to spend their money rather than giving money away. It only makes sense.

>>8451173
>Often, it means assets which would lose value rapidly if their current owners tried to sell them.
BINGO

Which is why when atheists or protestants or whatever argue that the Vatican should sell itself for charity are idiots.

I'm not defending the Vatican, I'm just saying that its a dumb argument.

you don't become billionaires by just throwing money away and Musk likely won't give ownership of the company away when he can do it all himself.

>>8450672
Because that's not how that works. Why do people confuse real life for civ sim games? There isn't some 'progress' bar that's filled with money and when you feed it some arbitrary amount, Humanity reaches a new technological milestone. You can't just throw money at NASA and expect to get results.

>>8451278
then why does NASA whine about not having enough money literally every year?

>>8451536
Here is a representative from NASA to clear that up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZHCVyllnck

>>8451536
Cause that's how they stay in the public sector and get paid.

>>8451037
NASA got raped by government contractors, it's the reason why musk started his own space company, it was cheaper to just build rockets from scratch than it was to buy them. absurd.

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>investing in a potentially foreclosing company

>>8450674
Expedite