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Bodes well for SpaceX.
by bdcravens 5y ago
Bodes well for SpaceX.
- dmead 5y agoBodes badly for international peace prospects.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoWhat peace? The peace before Russia began annexing territory?
- largbae 5y agoThat one. Yuval Noah Harari in a recent TED talk noted that we could measure the peace of an era by the percent of world GDP spent on military. He suggested that the period between the Berlin Wall coming down and this invasion was a significant historical low.
- DaedPsyker 5y agoI don't think you honestly need a high GDP for conflict and violence. There has been a number of genocides that have happened since the Berlin wall came down, that were not performed by advanced military equipment. World's GDP spent on military I would argue applies more to inter-state violence, which is comparatively more rare than violence within the state.
- waffleiron 5y agoI agree it seems overly simplified to the point of being useless. A single Columbia class submarine (without munitions) costs the same as (approx) 10 million loaded AK47's. The two of these would have very different effects on peace, especially not considering where those AK47's are used. World GDP also doesn't account for purchase parity. A state with cheaper labour building the exact same weapon as a state with more expensive labour would still result in the same weapon being created.
- sph 5y agoDoes SpaceX collaborate at all with the European Space Agency? Still, I do not understand this thirst at seeing a private company monopolising space travel. It's that old "this is good for Bitcoin" meme all over again. I reckon I'm one of the few on this forum that doesn't hold SpaceX stock.
- brian_herman 5y agoSpaceX isn't a publicly traded company. Tesla is though.
- 1_player 5y agoNever said it was. It's a private company as opposed to a government funded agency.
- gliptic 5y agoBut that means almost nobody on HN can possibly hold SpaceX stock.
- 1_player 5y agoFair enough, I stand corrected. Still, I wanted to point out that it's a company, not a government agency. Publicly traded or private doesn't change my point.
- gameswithgo 5y agoprivate companies also build esa rockets, and the space shuttle, and saturn v, in partnership with government space programs. spacex human flight is also in partnership with nasa.
- ThisIsTheWay 5y agoIt's likely a very very small group, but I am certain there are some ultra high net worth members of HN that are SpaceX investors, either directly through family offices, or indirectly through private equity funds.
- Rebelgecko 5y agoThe impression I got from the statement is that the 4 canceled Soyuz launches will most likely move over to Ariane 6. Exomars is probably SOL for at least 2 years
- panick21_ 5y agoProblem being that Ariane 6 doesn't yet exists and until they have free capacity and a even remotely high flight rate it will take years. Ariane 6 already has planned flights, then you need to move over 4 flights from Soyuz and then OneWeb has another 6. It will take many years for the Ariane 6 to complete all these things and it will be far more expensive.