the amazing reusable shuttle has been retired

In all fairness, the shuttle was more "refurbishable" than reusable. It needed to be almost completely rebuilt after every flight. Over its service life it proved to be both the most expensive and most dangerous way to get to space. It killed over 4 times more astronauts than any other spacecraft.

The shuttle was awesome, it was truly a great achievement! It made building the ISS possible. But... I'm glad it's retired, we're better off with more traditional rockets for many reasons.

we should nationalize spacex. it's footprint to launch represents a real national security risk. it was literally built on federal contracts. it's tech was pioneered by nasa and shittons of former nasa folk work there. it's executive is erratic and unhinged and that's a clear issue for national security. it's utility in war - from ukraine to the middle east - needs to be controlled by the national security interests. Finally, spacex's remit should be launch, not folding in x, grok, tesla and a bunch of other junk to inflate garbage stocks.

The private industry is doing everything NASA was doing at 1/10th of the cost.