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Jun 6, 2024
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Einstein and Wernher von Braun weren't born in the US either but lead our space
race. Elon is the equivalent for space and manufacturing innovation in our day!!!
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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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