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I can literally watch SpaceX fire rockets into space 3-4x a month from my backyard. Name one other company, person, or even a country that can and is willing t
by kcplate 3y ago
I can literally watch SpaceX fire rockets into space 3-4x a month from my backyard.
Name one other company, person, or even a country that can and is willing to do that. There are none. As long as SpaceX can and no one else can, the future of SpaceX is on a pretty sound footing in my opinion.
- lancewiggs 3y agoRocketlab is doing this at about half the rate.
- kortilla 3y agoNo it’s not, it’s not even making 1 per month.
- nickik 3y agoNot even close, and doing it with a tiny 100kg rocket isn't even remotely the same thing anyway.
- m4rtink 3y agoNot to mention it does not even have a reusable booster (yet) and unfortunately there seem to be still some reliability issues as well.
- ben_w 3y agoI'm all in favour of SpaceX having an engine-rich development cycle that gets things done faster and cheaper than anyone else, this doesn't mean Musk is doing everything right. I'm sad about the interference that Starlink causes to ground based astronomy, this doesn't mean Musk is ignoring those issues. And I value government agencies making sure that business interests are balanced against democratic will of the people, that doesn't mean they're funded at the right level for a rapidly growing industry.
- cmsj 3y agoChina. https://www.rocketlaunch.live/?pastOnly=1&filter=china https://www.rocketlaunch.live/?pastOnly=1&filter=china
- kcplate 3y agoClose, but still not matching the frequency of SpaceX https://www.rocketlaunch.live/?pastOnly=1&filter=spacex https://www.rocketlaunch.live/?pastOnly=1&filter=spacex