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> SpaceX is interesting, but are they really doing anything important? I'd say it's the most important company on the planet seeing as it's the only one that's
by airstrike 5y ago
> SpaceX is interesting, but are they really doing anything important?
I'd say it's the most important company on the planet seeing as it's the only one that's truly carving a path for us to one day become a spacefaring civilization and doing so at a seemingly 10x faster pace than competitors
- status200 5y agoSpacefaring? Hopefully you mean Marsfaring (at best, if you can find a good reason to set up a colony there) The average stellar density around our sun is about 0.004 per cubic light year, so definitely don't get your hopes up on some Star Trek scenario for the next few hundred years at least. What is SpaceX's value again? P.S. Musk himself admits that SpaceX wouldn't be a thing if it hadn't been saved by a phone call from NASA. You know, the government, the same entity that Musk worshipers seem to dismiss as the lesser party when it comes to ingenuity and forward-progression.
- airstrike 5y agoI said SpaceX is moving us towards that goal, not that it will turn us into a spacefaring civilization Whether it was saved by a phone call from NASA doesn't detract from its merits
- HWR_14 5y ago> SpaceX wouldn't be a thing if it hadn't been saved by a phone call from NASA I believe you, but when I tell other people that they don't believe me. Do you have something I can show them.
- HWR_14 5y agoI don't see that at all. We're never going to spacefare on chemical rockets, unless you mean maybe going as far as the asteroid belt. Reusable rockets are about satellites and maybe the space station. But until we see something use the cheap launches to improve life on earth, it's meaningless. That said, I'd invest in SpaceX for the Starlink potential if it was public.