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As of 2016, the number of American car companies that haven't gone bankrupt is a grand total of two: Ford and Tesla. Also, four entities have launched rockets
by Evgeny 10y ago
As of 2016, the number of American car companies that haven't gone bankrupt is a grand total of two: Ford and Tesla.
Also, four entities have launched rockets into space: the US, China, the Soviet Union (Russia) and Elon Musk.
This guy is thinking and planning on a scale I find it hard to even imagine, to fit in my brain.
- spenczar5 10y agoWhat? No. Orbital (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_Corporation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital_Sciences_Corporation) launched a rocket into space in 1990, entirely privately. France [1], Japan [2], India [3], Israel [4], Iran [5], and even North Korea [6] have developed and launched rockets that successfully put satellites in orbit. I like Elon as much as the next guy, but this mythologizing is just too much. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamant [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_(rocket_family) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda_(rocket_family) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Launch_Vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Launch_Vehicle [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shavit [5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safir_(rocket) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safir_(rocket) [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unha
- RubberSpoon 10y agoIt's a misquote from the Elon Musk Wait But Why article: http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/05/elon-musk-the-worlds-raddest-man.html http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/05/elon-musk-the-worlds-raddest-m... "the four entities in history who have managed to launch a spacecraft into orbit and successfully return it to Earth are the US, Russia, China—and SpaceX"
- greglindahl 10y agoRubberSpoon is correct that the reference must be to re-entry. I'd like to add that the UK also put a single satellite in orbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Arrow