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> If this is all a massive dick measuring contest, I honestly couldn't care less. It's advancing space exploration and providing competition in the space. This
by dahfizz 5y ago
> If this is all a massive dick measuring contest, I honestly couldn't care less. It's advancing space exploration and providing competition in the space.
This is the crux of your argument, and it's the core disagreement. Blue origin does nothing to advance space exploration just by virtue of existing. They are not competitive.
- eloff 5y agoI'm not sure that's true. Even if they are never competitive with SpaceX you can't employ that many people and spend that much money without advancing the industry. The benefits are just second order effects.
- foobarian 5y agoThis. Every engineer employed at BO is one engineer not wasting their talents doing adtech at FAANG to pay the bills.
- eloff 5y agoDifferent kind of engineers usually, but yeah.
- sidr 5y agoI have worked with multiple folks with Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering backgrounds who have switched to being data scientists or software engineers. Often because of the dismal job prospects in their fields. So yes, quite often the same kind of engineer.
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- teawrecks 5y agoGive me a 10000 people and 100 billion dollars. I guarantee you I can squander it like a pro.