As an institution, the United States Pentagon has come to be known for many things over the years — its transparency, its generosity, its cunning. Consistency is not one of them. In the wake of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's disastrous Starship explosion — the company's third in a row — some are pining for the good old days of tax-payer funded space research under NASA. "Weren't we NOT blowing up rockets, like, 50 years ago," asked Sarah Jeong, features editor at The Verge on Bluesky. "Also weren't we l
As much as I hate to admit this, NASA has killed more astronauts than SpaceX
Who would have thought capitalism is a bad idea?
Honestly, 19 deaths is a shockingly good statistic for “what if we shot you into the void on an exploding soup can?”