Yeah, government bureaucracy always makes everything miserable <_< Elon is trying to make NASA agree to combine the 2nd and 3rd Dragon test launches but I doubt they'll do it.
I wouldn't irresponsibly and automatically apply the blanket slogan that NASA or the gov are bureaucracies with the sole purpose of making everybody's lives miserable, to each and every problem people face on the globe.
There are also very good reasons behind bureaucracy. Would you prefer anarchy and lawlessness instead? Would you prefer not having certification processes for drivers, contractors, engineers, etc? Would you want your house to be built by non-certified workers and designed by non-certified architects?
Specifically in the case of manned space missions, safety and caution are paramount and cutting corners by non-selectively dismissing bureaucracy can be regarded as reckelessness. If another disaster happens, everybody will be getting their knives out, cutting at those who ignored countless reports warning against such an event (as in "ignoring bureaucracy and cutting corners"). Now, everybody is eager to see Dragon man-rated, while forgetting that there are certain conditions to be met for that to happen and that there literally are lives at stake.
Dragon has to undergo rigurous tests and certification paths that should NOT be cut short just to make some gov and NASA bashers happy, because there will be the same people who will invariably be first to moan and point an accusing finger at NASA and the gov if a disaster happens. It's the same old "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation.
Losing Astronaut lives is just not worth the satisfaction of recklessly bashing NASA!
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