Comment by mmooss
2 days ago
What is that based on? NASA's recent accomplishments are far beyond anyone. Off the top of my head: The many Mars missions, JWST, Europa Clipper (still in progress), etc. SpaceX hasn't left Earth orbit, afaik.
2 days ago
What is that based on? NASA's recent accomplishments are far beyond anyone. Off the top of my head: The many Mars missions, JWST, Europa Clipper (still in progress), etc. SpaceX hasn't left Earth orbit, afaik.
If you had your pick of launch systems to work on, I don't believe you would pick any of NASA's platforms since the shuttle.
Their explorer robotics are interesting, something I would be proud to work on; but a pretty different nitch.
So NASA is not drawing from the best people anymore.
DART is an example of both an incredible NASA accomplishment and a SpaceX launch that left Earth orbit.
SpaceX launched a Tesla Roadster to Mars orbit.