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Hands up for scrappy, quick iterative engineering at SpaceX. It's truly unparalleled.

• avmich 5y ago
  As an example, Masten Space was created after SpaceX, but the ideas "build a little, test a little" predates both of these companies. SpaceX has built on top of lots of existing ideas - commerce instead of government services, simplicity instead of performance, vertical integration instead of spreading orders, testing philosophy, re-use...
  • kuu 5y ago
    > SpaceX has built on top of lots of existing ideas Everything is built on top of lots existing ideas, nothing is created in vacuum.
    • nindalf 5y ago
      avmich mentioned it because otherwise there would be a pedant asking “why are you implying that SpaceX invented these ideas?”
• kiba 5y ago
  I don't think anybody iterates as fast as SpaceX.