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> seemingly impossible goals that they keep setting for themselves John Carmack made this point on the JRE podcast when talking about his failed Armadillo Aero
by stretch_goals 7y ago
> seemingly impossible goals that they keep setting for themselves
John Carmack made this point on the JRE podcast when talking about his failed Armadillo Aerospace, that a rocket company needs to have outrageous goals, otherwise you'll waste ten years accomplishing nothing (think Amazon Blue Origin).
- kd3 7y agoDo not underestimate Blue Origin. They work quietly that's why it is easy to think they don't make much progress. In fact they do.
- oska 7y agoI would actually give the opposite advice - I think people continue to overestimate Blue Origin based simply on Bezos' deep pockets and the success he had with a non-engineering online business (Amazon). Best way to judge Blue Origin is on what they've achieved and that is actually very little.
- rdl 7y agoI think SpaceX's recent accelerating success has caused BO to change their model a little to be more like SpaceX, which combined with Bezos's deep pockets might let them be a real competitor