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>Are you maybe confusing launch failures with landing failures? I don't think they're confusing them, but rather they're worried that consumers might confuse t
by rory096 8y ago
>Are you maybe confusing launch failures with landing failures?
I don't think they're confusing them, but rather they're worried that consumers might confuse them. SpaceX's videos of their landing experiments got a ton of space fans excited about them, but it very well may have created an association of SpaceX with explosions in the average layman's mind. Blue, meanwhile, while it hasn't penetrated the public consciousness yet, deliberately projects an image of conservatism and caution.
(That said, it seems unlikely that someone so uninformed would be a potential customer.)
- mkirklions 8y ago>it seems unlikely that someone so uninformed would be a potential customer. I couldnt believe my programming friend bought into the Elon hype. Has 3k of stock and bought a tesla. Even smart people have weaknesses and overlook things. I remember being an Elon fan until I saw on front page reddit: "TESLA QUIETLY SOLAR PANELS PURTO RICO" And it turned out to be a reddit astroturfing/vote manip thread. And then I couldnt unsee, so many threads advertising his projects. Elon is a marketer.
- azernik 8y agoTesla customers are laying out $70k for a car that they will personally drive. SpaceX customers are laying out $50-80M to put a $100-200M piece of hardware into orbit. It's the latter we're talking about in this thread.
- stetrain 8y agoGood point about the potential perception issue. I do think that the Falcon Heavy launch was a huge PR win for them, and probably has made a much larger impact that Blue's lack of explosion videos.
- stirlo 8y agoI feel the kind of consumers able to afford space tourist flights would also do extensive research before putting down their money. Forming a perception based on some amusing YouTube videos should surely be discounted by a myriad of other factors.