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In the beginning Musk went to Russia to buy a rocket and the then head of the Russian Space Agency literally spat in his face. On his way home Musk pulled out
by entropicgravity 5y ago
In the beginning Musk went to Russia to buy a rocket and the then head of the Russian Space Agency literally spat in his face. On his way home Musk pulled out his spreadsheet and decided he could build his own rocket. Fast forward to now, the Russian Space Agency has almost no business to transact. Ouch.
Personally I'm hoping for a few more humongous explosions during testing of Starship like we had with the Falcon 9 development, but I'm not holding my breath.
- entropicgravity 5y agoSlight correction here. Apparently it wasn't the head of the agency but the head rocket designer and he spat on Musk's shoes and not in his face. For the record.
- xrobledo84 5y agoWhere can I read more about this?
- entropicgravity 5y agoHere's a link that seems to cover the basics of this history (but doesn't seem to get right down to the nitty gritty spitting incident).[1] [1]https://www.inverse.com/article/34976-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-tried-to-buy-icbm-rockets-from-russia https://www.inverse.com/article/34976-spacex-ceo-elon-musk-t...
- mustardgreen 5y agoAshlee Vance's biography, 'Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future'
- ivank 5y agoJim Cantrell says it is true in https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Elon-Musk-was-spat-on-by-one-of-the-Russian-chief-rocket-designers?share=1 https://www.quora.com/Is-it-true-that-Elon-Musk-was-spat-on-...
- nameistaken 5y ago> Personally I'm hoping for a few more humongous explosions during testing of Starship like we had with the Falcon 9 development, but I'm not holding my breath. They heavy fog for SN11's RUD is a travesty. I'd like to see more explosions, because they learn a lot from them, but the stakes are getting super high.