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I'm almost with him on this: it looks like the amateur rocket folks are getting performance like von Braun and company were getting in 1939, but they have bette
by bediger 15y ago
I'm almost with him on this: it looks like the amateur rocket folks are getting performance like von Braun and company were getting in 1939, but they have better electronics.
My thought is that any better performance will cause them to start to run afoul of various 3-letter agencies. Any better guidance systems will cause the US government to suppress them fairly quickly, as they'll be intruding on (1) the defence contractor's monopoly on flying fast, and (2) the government monopoly on shooting down flying things.
- mkr-hn 15y agoA lot of these efforts are getting funding straight from the government or companies that get substantial government funding. I think private and public interests are on the same page for once.