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There's a middle ground between the two. You can take it slow enough to ensure well-regulated production, but you can still aim to _iterate_ over your designs

There's a middle ground between the two. You can take it slow enough to ensure well-regulated production, but you can still aim to _iterate_ over your designs for a fast-feedback cycle. It's the latter that's really causing SpaceX to run rings around its competitors.

groestl 3y ago
> There's a middle ground between the two. I fully agree with that, SpaceX definitely earned the place it occupies right now. I only objected to the view that "fast moving" is a goal in and by itself, and warrants dropping regulation left and right, just for the hell of it. In some way, the EU is a place I like to live in, _because_ it moves slow. I enjoy having all the rights and safety nets as a citizen, and I voluntarily give up opportunity as long as I can keep the former. If a company respects that, it can iterate all day (and many companies do, not only European), but if it doesn't, I don't care for their nice and shiny. IMHO, they're just a prototype. Either a) their business model is based on ignoring regulation, b) they'll adapt eventually, or c) another will come and eat their lunch a few years later.