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The only question that matters right now is: did stage 1 land successfully on the barge???

by ajtaylor 11y ago

mhandley 11y ago
It looked like it was somewhat off-center just before the video froze. Hope I'm wrong.
- mikeash 11y ago
  It intentionally comes down a bit off center so that if the engine(s) don't relight, the rocket crashes into the ocean instead of the ship. It then maneuvers onto the ship from there. The video may have just cut off before that.
gozur88 11y ago
Unless you're SES, in which case the remaining 2nd stage stuff is pretty important.
- melling 11y ago
  After all that's what they're getting paid for. They can crash a dozen more stage 1's and they're still making money. If only other startups worked that way.
  - trothamel 11y ago
    At over 13 years old, SpaceX is many things - but I don't think it can really be called a startup anymore.
    - wolf550e 11y ago
      It also has 5000 employees...
    - manquer 11y ago
      This gets mentioned lot, not just with spaceX but other similar sized organizations as well . It is simply not true, for two reasons a) The scales are not the same in aerospace as in software, they are still very much the minnows in that industry. b) It does not matter if they have 5,000 staff or $1+ Billion revenue today,What matters is the high growth plan they are following, In the next 10-15 years they could be easily doing $100 Billion + i.e. if they are successful with cost costing and can expand the market for it support companies of that size. Any company looking to 100x or more their revenue is a startup. Size notwithstanding, simply because whatever they do now will be nothing similar to what they need to do to get the remaining 99%. Every single business and technology process would have to be continuously innovated and thrown out to get there. That really requires a startup mind frame and startup culture
  - mikeash 11y ago
    This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that if the first stage did indeed crash, this is merely what every other rocket does every time on purpose. I'm sure you all know this, but sometimes we momentarily lose that context.
    - melling 11y ago
      I doubt if anyone forgot that rockets aren't reusable. What was said to make you think you needed to remind people of something everyone already knows?
      - Dylan16807 11y ago
        "they're still making money. If only other startups worked that way." is the part that prompted the reminder. Imagine someone saying the same thing about a delivery service throwing boxes away. They're not burning money and getting away with mass failure. It's a perfectly ordinary way of handling things.

The only question that matters right now is: did stage 1 land successfully on the barge???

mhandley 11y ago

It looked like it was somewhat off-center just before the video froze. Hope I'm wrong.

mikeash 11y ago
It intentionally comes down a bit off center so that if the engine(s) don't relight, the rocket crashes into the ocean instead of the ship. It then maneuvers onto the ship from there. The video may have just cut off before that.

gozur88 11y ago

Unless you're SES, in which case the remaining 2nd stage stuff is pretty important.

melling 11y ago
After all that's what they're getting paid for. They can crash a dozen more stage 1's and they're still making money. If only other startups worked that way.
- trothamel 11y ago
  At over 13 years old, SpaceX is many things - but I don't think it can really be called a startup anymore.
  - wolf550e 11y ago
    It also has 5000 employees...
  - manquer 11y ago
    This gets mentioned lot, not just with spaceX but other similar sized organizations as well . It is simply not true, for two reasons a) The scales are not the same in aerospace as in software, they are still very much the minnows in that industry. b) It does not matter if they have 5,000 staff or $1+ Billion revenue today,What matters is the high growth plan they are following, In the next 10-15 years they could be easily doing $100 Billion + i.e. if they are successful with cost costing and can expand the market for it support companies of that size. Any company looking to 100x or more their revenue is a startup. Size notwithstanding, simply because whatever they do now will be nothing similar to what they need to do to get the remaining 99%. Every single business and technology process would have to be continuously innovated and thrown out to get there. That really requires a startup mind frame and startup culture
- mikeash 11y ago
  This is just a friendly reminder to everyone that if the first stage did indeed crash, this is merely what every other rocket does every time on purpose. I'm sure you all know this, but sometimes we momentarily lose that context.
  - melling 11y ago
    I doubt if anyone forgot that rockets aren't reusable. What was said to make you think you needed to remind people of something everyone already knows?
    - Dylan16807 11y ago
      "they're still making money. If only other startups worked that way." is the part that prompted the reminder. Imagine someone saying the same thing about a delivery service throwing boxes away. They're not burning money and getting away with mass failure. It's a perfectly ordinary way of handling things.