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The lack of drama is what dramatically displays the maturity of SpaceX technology. Congrats, I'm looking forward to the next steps. And I am so sorry american

The lack of drama is what dramatically displays the maturity of SpaceX technology. Congrats, I'm looking forward to the next steps. And I am so sorry american citizenship is required to apply for SpaceX jobs :-(

new_realist 6y ago
If it were considered mature it wouldn’t be on the front page of HN.
- isatty 6y ago
  Plenty of mature technology/companies are on the front page of HN daily.
- kazagistar 6y ago
  "First privately owned round trip to the ISS". Its obviously still a first, but its not a technical first, but an economic first. Hacker news focused on both technical and economic things, so this still is interesting for it, but that doesn't mean it is a new tech.
  - HPsquared 6y ago
    Perhaps the first reusable manned capsule? (Unless there's another)
    - m4rtink 6y ago
      The Soviet TKS capsule was designed to be both manned and reusable, but it never flew manned in the end as it never took over from Soyuz as originally planed.
- elliekelly 6y ago
  I’m pretty sure there was a week in March/April where COBOL made the front page like every day...
bemmu 6y ago
When they docked, the first words from the ISS crew were about where they could put their trash. Making it look mundane seems like a conscious choice.
wenc 6y ago
> american citizenship is required to apply for SpaceX jobs Interestingly ITAR rules themselves only specify "US persons" (which includes LPRs, certain refugees/asylees), not necessarily exclusively citizens. It seems that restricting hiring to citizens in order to comply with ITAR may actually contradict the law: https://www.wiggin.com/publication/hiring-u-s-citizens-only-for-itar-compliance-can-violate-the-immigration-and-nationality-act/ https://www.wiggin.com/publication/hiring-u-s-citizens-only-... https://www.justice.gov/crt/page/file/1080256/download https://www.justice.gov/crt/page/file/1080256/download It's possible that certain SpaceX positions have additional clearance requirements that may require citizenship. However a random search on SpaceX's hiring site only specifies ITAR requirements, and it describes the "US persons" category correctly. https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4750171002?gh_jid=4750171002 https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4750171002?gh_jid=4...
- colordrops 6y ago
  They also do hire non US persons that don't get access to certain materials but it's rare.
ipnon 6y ago
I can't wait for an orbital office park or lunar base with permissive visa schemes.

new_realist 6y ago

If it were considered mature it wouldn’t be on the front page of HN.

isatty 6y ago
Plenty of mature technology/companies are on the front page of HN daily.
kazagistar 6y ago
"First privately owned round trip to the ISS". Its obviously still a first, but its not a technical first, but an economic first. Hacker news focused on both technical and economic things, so this still is interesting for it, but that doesn't mean it is a new tech.
- HPsquared 6y ago
  Perhaps the first reusable manned capsule? (Unless there's another)
  - m4rtink 6y ago
    The Soviet TKS capsule was designed to be both manned and reusable, but it never flew manned in the end as it never took over from Soyuz as originally planed.
elliekelly 6y ago
I’m pretty sure there was a week in March/April where COBOL made the front page like every day...

bemmu 6y ago

When they docked, the first words from the ISS crew were about where they could put their trash. Making it look mundane seems like a conscious choice.

wenc 6y ago

> american citizenship is required to apply for SpaceX jobs Interestingly ITAR rules themselves only specify "US persons" (which includes LPRs, certain refugees/asylees), not necessarily exclusively citizens. It seems that restricting hiring to citizens in order to comply with ITAR may actually contradict the law: https://www.wiggin.com/publication/hiring-u-s-citizens-only-for-itar-compliance-can-violate-the-immigration-and-nationality-act/ https://www.wiggin.com/publication/hiring-u-s-citizens-only-... https://www.justice.gov/crt/page/file/1080256/download https://www.justice.gov/crt/page/file/1080256/download It's possible that certain SpaceX positions have additional clearance requirements that may require citizenship. However a random search on SpaceX's hiring site only specifies ITAR requirements, and it describes the "US persons" category correctly. https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4750171002?gh_jid=4750171002 https://boards.greenhouse.io/spacex/jobs/4750171002?gh_jid=4...

colordrops 6y ago
They also do hire non US persons that don't get access to certain materials but it's rare.

ipnon 6y ago

I can't wait for an orbital office park or lunar base with permissive visa schemes.