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Doubtful that they could move faster with him taking a more active role. Starship could have launched months before, but they have been waiting for FAA approval
by rapsey 3y ago
Doubtful that they could move faster with him taking a more active role. Starship could have launched months before, but they have been waiting for FAA approval. It is not Elon's lack of attention holding them back.
- anonzzzies 3y agoSure, but he could be doing more spin-offs like Starlink. During the waiting. Instead of what he is doing with Twitter.
- rapsey 3y agoHe seems to be focusing on AI moreso than Twitter.
- hef19898 3y agoOne cannot be missing the latest hype train, right?
- rapsey 3y agoElon was literally a founder of OpenAI. Private space, EV, AI. Three major tech industries with him at the forefront from the beginning. Calling him a hype chaser is simply wrong.
- hef19898 3y agoPrivate space is basically SpaceX launches for governments and space agencies, the "private" stuff comes from in-house demand for Starlink. In case of EVs, he had to sue to get the title of founder at Tesla. And for OpenAI, wasn't he just an early investor? Or do we assume he wrote ChatGPT code himself now?
- thinkcontext 3y agoFAA approval took a long time because of how reckless he was with the first launch. He didn't want to bother with a flame suppression system but knew it was a risk.
- rapsey 3y agoBullcrap. They literally had to do shit like this to please them: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd.it%2Foqukgfw2e10c1.jpeg%3Fwidth%3D1098%26format%3Dpjpg%26auto%3Dwebp%26s%3Db2fafaf497467f27be8152ac516d6108f2052fe5 https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpreview.redd....
- barbacoa 3y agoBack story as explained by Elon in an interview with Lex Friedman: The government's environmental assessment was bonkers. They were required to do things like assess the risk of a booster landing on a shark or whale in the middle of the ocean. They were also required to assess if the sound of the rocket would harm the breeding behavior of the seal population. To do this they had to chase down a seal, strap it down to a board with headphones and study if the sound of rocket engine were emotionally distressing to the animal.
- thinkcontext 3y agoIf they had flame suppression its likely they would not have triggered the additional review.
- rapsey 3y agoHow much flame suppression is there in here: https://www.faa.gov/media/27236 https://www.faa.gov/media/27236
- mavhc 3y agoSpaceX has still been fixing Starship this week, it's unlikely they could have launched months before