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srackey | 1 year ago

My god heaven forbid people don’t go through THE PROCESS

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malfist|1 year ago

Please remember that comments are supposed to get more interesting as they nest more. That guideline helps keep discussions from turning into flamewars or reddit style jokes.

vatueil|1 year ago

It is telling, though, that the strongest argument against SpaceX seems to be whether they followed all the correct procedures rather than whether there was actually any harm.

If the facts aren't on your side, then pound the law I guess.

foobarqux|1 year ago

The process is not some bullshit exercise, it is to prevent contamination of the drinking and food supply.

jiggawatts|1 year ago

The area around the launch sites is used for neither.

As others have said, the letter of the law is being applied in a way that appears either punitive or corrupt. In all honesty if a few decades later it turned out that Bazos or Boeing were behind this I wouldn’t be shocked in the least.

“We can’t beat them with technology so we’ll beat them with red tape!”