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Can you fill me in on what you mean by coattails of Musk in relation to Iridium? Iridium and their original satellites have been around for a long time (much lo
by coatmatter 8y ago
Can you fill me in on what you mean by coattails of Musk in relation to Iridium? Iridium and their original satellites have been around for a long time (much longer than SpaceX) and while they now use some of the services of SpaceX, "riding on the coattails of Musk" seems a bit harsh?
- rory096 8y agoI just mean their social media presences, not the companies themselves! Aside from the core group of us space enthusiasts who've been around no matter who's doing what, much of the new blood & energy has come from people who started paying attention because of SpaceX - and the latter have very much influenced everyone in the movement in terms of expecting more from our space CEOs on social media (like answers to random questions we bug them with on Twitter even if they're not directly relevant to their companies, e.g. Matt Desch telling us about the movements of SpaceX boosters for IRDM missions).