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> Is it? Yes. The company is piggybacking on the millions of dollars and man-hours that went into past government research on space exploration. It is going ou
by darpa_escapee 10y ago
> Is it?
Yes. The company is piggybacking on the millions of dollars and man-hours that went into past government research on space exploration. It is going out of its way to recover and reuse equipment that went through the extremes of being shot into orbit and reentering the Earth's atmosphere to lower costs.
- geezerjay 10y agoJust as you're piggybacking on the countless cash and man-hours that humanity spent developing computing and network tech, as well as literacy programs, just to post comments online. If you feel your posts are your own work in spite of all the piggybacking you do to post them, do give Musk some credit for actually doing the work no one ever did.
- darpa_escapee 10y agoI know Musk is a sacred cow around these parts, but maybe you should reread my post as an explanation as to why I don't believe SpaceX is in the business of taking on such risks instead of a polemic against an HN ubermensch.