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I see what you mean, but I wasn't referring to Space X accomplishments but its ambitions. The "we can probably land rockets and reuse them" is what it delivere
by iamcurious 4y ago
I see what you mean, but I wasn't referring to Space X accomplishments but its ambitions.
The "we can probably land rockets and reuse them" is what it delivered so far, the claimed ambitions (laughable or not) are about making humanity interplanetary.
- ncmncm 4y agoAmbitions are free. Capability is expensive. Achievements are valuable. Ambitions do not predict achievement.
- ceejayoz 4y agoThe number of steps between "I wrote a quirky database" and "I built a Dyson sphere" are substantially more numerous than there are between "I got reusable rocketry working cost-effectively" and "I used those rockets to put people on Mars".
- lostmsu 4y agoWhile I agree with you on the guesstimate, surely you can't exactly know the number of steps in question.