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> why is it the only space organization (including NASA) able to innovate and ship anymore Willingness and the ability to try and fail. They haven't really in
by alx_the_new_guy 2y ago
> why is it the only space organization (including NASA) able to innovate and ship anymore
Willingness and the ability to try and fail.
They haven't really invented anything conceptually new, it's just NASA has to play politics to get it's funding.
- m00x 2y agoThey have lost interest in actually shipping things since they get paid to do nothing anyway. Same happens in big organizations like IBM, Yahoo, and now Google. Urgency to deliver results is missing from a lot of orgs, especially the public sector.
- WalterBright 2y ago> They haven't really invented anything conceptually new Concepts are a dime a dozen. Making them work is where the real contribution lies.
- ozr 2y agoBlue Origin doesn't have to, and had much more investment. Virgin, too. It's not just SpaceX outperforming NASA, it's SpaceX outperforming everyone.
- lupusreal 2y agoSpaceX critics often forget (or more likely, never knew in the first place) that Bezos-backed Blue Origin was founded before SpaceX. The way they describe it, any rocket company backed by a very rich guy would have been destined for SpaceX's success, but that clearly just isn't true.