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There's nothing comical about it. They went to two different Russian firms to partner with before it was even called SpaceX and were turned down because Elon ke
by devmor 4y ago
There's nothing comical about it. They went to two different Russian firms to partner with before it was even called SpaceX and were turned down because Elon kept running his mouth on subjects he didn't understand and they lost all confidence in the project.
- nsxwolf 4y agoThat just shows confidence isn't always a predictor of success. They made a bad call, quite obviously.
- devmor 4y agoNo, it does not. His plan was to build greenhouses on mars. Their rejection of his idea is what inspired the pivot to build rockets instead.
- googlryas 4y agoWhat was he running his mouth about? Crazy stuff like landing boosters back at the pad, or on barges in the middle of the Atlantic?
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- devmor 4y agoNo, his plan was to build greenhouses on Mars.
- googlryas 4y agoPerhaps that's just because he was talking to people who think another literal moonshot was a figurative moonshot.
- devmor 4y agoEr, no. That was his stated goal as a member of the Mars Society's board of directors when these talks happened. He wanted to purchase a Dnepr ICBM and retrofit it for that purpose. When the deal was rejected, he discussed building his own rockets with Michael Griffin.