and kept afloat in their early days by a pallet of free government cash.

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Jun 6, 2024
8:59:59am

joelvandyne Political Junky

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joelvandyne

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Every other space flight provider in the world should be absolutely terrified

EQD2

Jun 6, 8:36am

Link?

Ragnar Danneskjold

Jun 6, 8:37am

RE: Link?

supertux

Jun 6, 8:44am

He's doing right now what NASA did in the 1960s when there was an urgent mandate

Skeptical Optimist

Jun 6, 8:40am

Unfortunately, those days are long gone. Private enterprise/mining will lead us

Tio

Jun 6, 8:46am

Well, led by a South African, but otherwise, yes, Go USA!

Supercoug

Jun 6, 8:41am

American/Canadian/South African

Tesla Coug

Jun 6, 8:47am

American citizenship takes priority over all others. As it is the most dominant

EQD2

Jun 6, 8:57am

RE: American citizenship takes priority over all others. As it is the most

Ojiisan

Jun 6, 9:23am

Fixed!

Tesla Coug

Jun 6, 9:36am

Einstein and Wernher von Braun weren't born in the US either but lead our space

Tio

Jun 6, 8:52am

And many other SpaceX officers aren't American either

Japan Coug

Jun 6, 8:53am

and kept afloat in their early days by a pallet of free government cash.

joelvandyne

Jun 6, 8:59am

$886 million in government subsidies in 2020, according to Forbes

Japan Coug

Jun 6, 9:04am

I'm not even talking about contracted services, the COTS program back in the

joelvandyne

Jun 6, 9:08am

When you say "Free Money", are you saying that there were no expectations or

Skeptical Optimist

Jun 6, 10:05am

You'll notice I said democracy and capitalism. At this point, they are fuled by

EQD2

Jun 6, 9:55am

Don't lots of businesses get government subsidies? Seems to me the subsidies Musk's companies has gotten have been..

greatbam

Jun 6, 11:26am

Read Musk’s biography. The path that it took to get here is crazy.

BlackBart

Jun 6, 8:43am

RE: Every other space flight provider in the world should be absolutely terrified

Tesla Coug

Jun 6, 8:47am

My favorite part about the program is how delightfully counterintuitive It is to

EQD2

Jun 6, 8:55am

100 tons of cargo to anywhere in the solar system. An Abrams tank anywhere on

RedHeadedStranger

Jun 6, 9:18am

Explain to me like I’m 8 why it’s so great

Zbyufan

Jun 6, 9:21am

Imagine you run a freight delivery service from New York to LA. You use a

RedHeadedStranger

Jun 6, 10:36am

Your 8-year old must be really smart. Maybe let’s try again, like I’m 5 yrs old.

Japan Coug

Jun 6, 10:39am

Compare a city bus to a Ford passenger van. Now imagine the bus costs a quarter

RedHeadedStranger

Jun 6, 11:12am

Humans aren’t going to Mars. It takes 3 days to travel to the Moon at 3k mph

palangi

Jun 6, 9:32am

Good thing they travel much faster than that…

Tesla Coug

Jun 6, 9:41am

You must be thinking of spacecrafts without people in them

palangi

Jun 6, 9:47am

Nope. Spacecrafts with/without humans.

Tesla Coug

Jun 6, 12:06pm

That's like saying 100 years ago, there's no way humans can go from US to Europe

Seabag

Jun 6, 9:49am

Except it's even stupid than that, because spacecraft go way faster than he said

EQD2

Jun 6, 9:50am

Clown comment. Enjoy your trip to Mars

palangi

Jun 6, 9:59am

Dude, a one-way trip to Mars takes 9 months now. You trolling?

EQD2

Jun 6, 10:02am

I’m not trolling at all. Good luck on that vacation though

palangi

Jun 6, 12:26pm

Why are your replies so mean spirited? Are you not proud of America today?

EQD2

Jun 6, 12:34pm

He’s gotta be trolling. There’s just no other explanation.

Tesla Coug

Jun 6, 12:32pm

Mars is possible. I watched a documentary about astronauts on Mars and how we rescued one that was left behind.

buhlcougar

Jun 6, 10:24am

He turned out to be a pirate.

Shawarma

Jun 6, 3:03pm

Here's why you can't extrapolate the Apollo landers' avg speed in this scenario:

seacougar

Jun 6, 6:22pm

Landing a booster on the pad the first time was a shock. At least 10 yrs ahead.

Shawarma

Jun 6, 3:14pm

Rising tide raises all ships

Spudsandcows

Jun 7, 7:17am

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