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SpaceX scheduled to make a new Starship every 2.5 days by 2025 You might want to look at the early days of airplane safety, not the 2020 numbers. Look up relia
by paulsutter 6y ago
SpaceX scheduled to make a new Starship every 2.5 days by 2025
You might want to look at the early days of airplane safety, not the 2020 numbers. Look up reliablity learning curve, safety comes from doing a huge volume of flights. All existing rockets have a small number of flights
EDIT: am a SpaceX shareholder and I’ve met with Elon more than once, so not sure what you mean by parasocial
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- staticman2 6y agoWhenever something related to Elon Musk comes up it becomes hard to sort out what is a reasonable claim versus an unreasonable one fueled by a parasocial relationship with Elon Musk.
- chrononaut 6y agoAs an aside, I do get amused when Person A makes an argument that may not have explicit references, Person B rebuttals with explicit references, and Person A responds by instructing Person B to go look up their own references for Person A's own argument. Reminds me of the "All Birds are Cats" sketch by Clarke and Dave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIl1VuGTk3g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIl1VuGTk3g (Relevant bit starts at 51s)