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They guy who figured out how to land a rocket on a barge is a spacex employee who is an expert in control theory, who was probably hired by another employee of
by ballooney 9y ago
They guy who figured out how to land a rocket on a barge is a spacex employee who is an expert in control theory, who was probably hired by another employee of Elon Musk. So I’m not really sure what you comparison means.
- IshKebab 9y agoOr even more realistically, no "one guy figured it out". A team of people worked on it for years and eventually got it to work.
- sundvor 9y agoMusk created the company and instilled the work culture as well as the vision that made it happen - the hiring and all. Can't help but think that if learning to get really good at robotics is a strategic goal, then that's something which might pay off later.
- SubNoize 9y agohe's so obviously setting up for asteroid mining. autonomous spaceships, robotics and more autonomous vehicles, mining company etc. when his 100% robotic and autonomous ships mine an asteroids and bring back huge payloads we'll still probably see articles like this.