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How can they get to the point where they are building a 90 minute cross Atlantic flight for $15M, and the defense industry spends trillions to build Jets that c
by xrd 5y ago
How can they get to the point where they are building a 90 minute cross Atlantic flight for $15M, and the defense industry spends trillions to build Jets that cost billions. I know this is a press release and there are more details, but it does make me understand why Grover Norquist wants to shrink the government to the size it could be drowned in the bathtub.
- carterschonwald 5y agoId presume that there’s all sorts of constraints that come up when making sure an aircraft is safe for a live human that make all sorts of design choices way more complex. Otoh I have no idea what I’m talking about!
- ipnon 5y agoHeard he's done pretty well at Y Combinator!
- notatoad 5y agothis literally is the product of that same defense industry. the same economic systems and incentives that created the F35 project is what's created this project. supersonic transatlantic drones funded by in-q-tel is hardly an example of the virtues of small government.
- zmk5 5y agoMost of the science and research used to develop their designs are from said billions that went into designing those jets for the military.
- xrd 5y agoFrom other commenters, it seems like money should be included with science and research. The cynical side of me (granted this a large part of me...) feels like this is a money transfer from government to private enterprise, that Sam Altman simply noticed that this would generate fat profits because the costs would be borne by taxpayers.