Spacex is a private contractor brought along by NASA to commercially provide service to space projects and development. The company is involved with the Artimas return to the moon program that will send four people back to the moon and have two of them land.
The view that we cannot rely on the earth to preserve our species existence drives Spacex through its founder Elon Musk. The view is strengthened by many nations taking it for strategic purposes that would result in permanent occupation of the moon and it used as a base to do the same on Mars.
This is incredibly expensive and dangerous . The view that we would be better served making earth a better cared for and safer place is mitigated slightly by the advance of science involved in space exploration.
Test flight number five, Starship…
Kevin Griffiths
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