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I think it is? Like, this sounds like a pretty silly claim: > All engineers and other professionals told him that landing rockets is bullshit Where did you he

I think it is? Like, this sounds like a pretty silly claim: > All engineers and other professionals told him that landing rockets is bullshit Where did you hear that?

throw5959 2y ago
Well I heard it myself from practically anybody up until 2015. I even attended quite a lot of conference talks on this topic... I'm sure it's not hard to find it online, famously a NASA director (I think?) did so.
- ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
  You're saying every engineer and every person with any other type of profession you've ever spoken with, said that it was impossible to land a rocket? I feel like plenty of professionals don't even have an opinion on the matter. Even if that's true, there's still every engineer and every other professional in the world you haven't spoken with. To take an example, I'm an engineer, I didn't say it. That disproves the claim.
  - throw5959 2y ago
    Please, this is a conversation, not math exam.
    - ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
      If we wanted to be more accurate, we could say that less than 0.00001% of all engineers and professionals told elmu that it was impossible to land a rocket. That seems less impressive than saying 100%, doesn't it? But hey, this is hacker news, not a math exam, and 100% is pretty much < 0.00001%, lol.
      - throw5959 2y ago
        Yeah lol, who cares about this?
      - inemesitaffia 2y ago
        You can check the NASA Spaceflight forums. There was a gloating thread were bets were settled and people called out. Also the head of ULA said they'd need to do 10 rides of a booster before it makes financial sense to reuse. SpaceX claims it's one
Yizahi 2y ago
Arianespace director literally laughed in public over that idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W676Kk9LSYw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W676Kk9LSYw
- lamontcg 2y ago
  Okay, that is one down. You've got to get through literally all the rest of the engineers and professionals. At some point, you'll hit the engineers at NASA that were working on this problem before SpaceX existed.

I think it is? Like, this sounds like a pretty silly claim: > All engineers and other professionals told him that landing rockets is bullshit Where did you hear that?

throw5959 2y ago

Well I heard it myself from practically anybody up until 2015. I even attended quite a lot of conference talks on this topic... I'm sure it's not hard to find it online, famously a NASA director (I think?) did so.

ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
You're saying every engineer and every person with any other type of profession you've ever spoken with, said that it was impossible to land a rocket? I feel like plenty of professionals don't even have an opinion on the matter. Even if that's true, there's still every engineer and every other professional in the world you haven't spoken with. To take an example, I'm an engineer, I didn't say it. That disproves the claim.
- throw5959 2y ago
  Please, this is a conversation, not math exam.
  - ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
    If we wanted to be more accurate, we could say that less than 0.00001% of all engineers and professionals told elmu that it was impossible to land a rocket. That seems less impressive than saying 100%, doesn't it? But hey, this is hacker news, not a math exam, and 100% is pretty much < 0.00001%, lol.
    - throw5959 2y ago
      Yeah lol, who cares about this?
    - inemesitaffia 2y ago
      You can check the NASA Spaceflight forums. There was a gloating thread were bets were settled and people called out. Also the head of ULA said they'd need to do 10 rides of a booster before it makes financial sense to reuse. SpaceX claims it's one

Yizahi 2y ago

Arianespace director literally laughed in public over that idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W676Kk9LSYw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W676Kk9LSYw

lamontcg 2y ago
Okay, that is one down. You've got to get through literally all the rest of the engineers and professionals. At some point, you'll hit the engineers at NASA that were working on this problem before SpaceX existed.