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Not diminishing SpaceX's achievements, but like everything else they've been built on the back of a lot of basic science. One of NASA's primary goals is actuall
by ethbro 10y ago
Not diminishing SpaceX's achievements, but like everything else they've been built on the back of a lot of basic science. One of NASA's primary goals is actually technology transfer (see: http://technology.nasa.gov/ http://technology.nasa.gov/ ).
- tbabb 10y agoAnd also, again, not diminishing SpaceX's achievements, but the space shuttle was a substantially more ambitious project than the f9.
- TrevorJ 10y agoAmbitious in it's actual design certainly. It arguably never achieved much of that ambition though, at least in regards to reusability cost savings.