Written by: Sabin Shrestha - 2022017, Grade X
Posted on: 04 April, 2021
SpaceX and NASA are companies working in the science field (space technology). SpaceX is a company owned by Elon Musk privately. On the other hand NASA is a company owned by the US government. NASA also works on sectors other than space exploration, but SpaceX only focuses on space exploration and creation of aircraft and rocket ships.
NASA was created by the government of the United States of America to research space exploration, but later on it was divided into many sectors. As for SpaceX, it was created by Elon Musk privately only for space exploration and creation of aircraft and rocketships. Both companies have their main goal. NASA wants to know all about space and explore all the planet. SpaceX wants to colonize mars. Even though NASA and SpaceX are rival companies they admire each other's work. To create SpaceX, influence came from NASA. And NASA parises the Dragon created by SpaceX which is a privately owned space cargo that runs to ISS. even though the projects of SpaceX may seem way over NASA, but SpaceX needs the help of NASA technology to run these projects. NASA does not always launch satellites or spacecraft usually, they use the already sent satellites and spacecraft to investigate in space. But SpaceX usually sends the craft and satellites to different planets, especially mars. All SpaceX projects are about colonizing mars and transportation in space, but NASA focuses on environment, technology, alien life, space,etc. The SpaceX goal is a specific topic and can be acquired within 2 centuries. But NASA's goal might not be successful. There have been few spaceX launch missions but there have been many human launch missions in NASA. Both NASA and SpaceX have been trying to use different types of fuel that does not harm the environment and is a part of sustainable development.
I personally think both companies are equal. I do not want to take sides with any one of them. But to think I would be supporting the plan of spaceX because it sounds so promising for the human future because the earth is being non liveable due to different problems.
