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>just because "reusable rockets" got laughed at by the existing space industry … Were they laughed at? After all, the Space Shuttle was around for decades. It
by macspoofing 5y ago
>just because "reusable rockets" got laughed at by the existing space industry …
Were they laughed at? After all, the Space Shuttle was around for decades. It turned out that reusable rockets were not cost effective nor particularly safe. Space X has yet to show reusability is viable.
- ceejayoz 5y ago> Space X has yet to show reusability is viable. This is a bizarre assertion. It's clearly viable; no other American launcher can currently carry crew, they gobbled up 60% of the global commercial launch market by 2017, and they're undercutting everyone on price very successfully.
- grandrew 5y agoI'd say what this all proves is that a free market and private sector is much better at those things than a communist'y government-run project.