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To be fair the capsule caught fire in a ground test once with three lives lost (Apollo 1) and the command module had an explosion in space once (Apollo 13) with

To be fair the capsule caught fire in a ground test once with three lives lost (Apollo 1) and the command module had an explosion in space once (Apollo 13) with no loss of life but it was a close thing. I do agree with your larger point though. SpaceX just feels so much less impressive then previous major rockets, and that's only reinforced when they try and celebrate minor milestones like its supposed to be the greatest achievement ever. As if they want a cookie. Blue Origin has the same issue where they want acknowledgement for minor progress. Its only slightly less annoying because they make less of a deal about it, but this problem permeates the new space race/billionaire toys parade.

resolutebat 3y ago
On what metric is this a "minor milestone"? They just successfully hoisted the largest rocket ever made into orbit, and unlike the Saturn V this will be fully reusable.
falcor84 3y ago
I wasn't yet alive during the Apollo launches, so I can't directly compare, but I for one feel these launches (today's included) are extremely impressive and am very happy to celebrate the "minor" milestones with them.
fernandotakai 3y ago
>this problem permeates the new space race/billionaire toys parade. how can you see what spacex is doing and think it's just a toy parade? they launched a fully reusable saturn v. they are launching reusable rockets in a pace that we've never seen before (both for public and private entities).
panick21_ 3y ago
> SpaceX just feels so much less impressive then previous major rockets That's a you problem. > and that's only reinforced when they try and celebrate minor milestones like its supposed to be the greatest achievement ever Again that's a you problem. And if they are 'minor' is very much up for interpretation. > Blue Origin has the same issue where they want acknowledgement for minor progress. You are seriously comparing a company that has launched nothing to orbit with the company that has launch more to orbit then anybody else, including the largest object ever.
fnord77 3y ago
The apollo 1 capsule was on a Saturn IIB, not a Saturn V.

resolutebat 3y ago

On what metric is this a "minor milestone"? They just successfully hoisted the largest rocket ever made into orbit, and unlike the Saturn V this will be fully reusable.

falcor84 3y ago

I wasn't yet alive during the Apollo launches, so I can't directly compare, but I for one feel these launches (today's included) are extremely impressive and am very happy to celebrate the "minor" milestones with them.

fernandotakai 3y ago

>this problem permeates the new space race/billionaire toys parade. how can you see what spacex is doing and think it's just a toy parade? they launched a fully reusable saturn v. they are launching reusable rockets in a pace that we've never seen before (both for public and private entities).

panick21_ 3y ago

> SpaceX just feels so much less impressive then previous major rockets That's a you problem. > and that's only reinforced when they try and celebrate minor milestones like its supposed to be the greatest achievement ever Again that's a you problem. And if they are 'minor' is very much up for interpretation. > Blue Origin has the same issue where they want acknowledgement for minor progress. You are seriously comparing a company that has launched nothing to orbit with the company that has launch more to orbit then anybody else, including the largest object ever.

fnord77 3y ago

The apollo 1 capsule was on a Saturn IIB, not a Saturn V.