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> Sorry but no, this is absolutely not what happened What didn't happen? I didn't provide you a narrative, I gave 2 examples of uncrewed propulsive landing whi
by wormlord 2y ago
> Sorry but no, this is absolutely not what happened
What didn't happen? I didn't provide you a narrative, I gave 2 examples of uncrewed propulsive landing which literally happened.
> There is an incredible gap between the tech demo you're speaking about, and actually landing a heavy orbital rocket, and then doing it 100 times in a row without a hiccup.
I agree. Now please point to me which part of the self-landing booster Elon built.
- throw5959 2y agoI told you what didn't happen - the situation wasn't as clear as you say. Everybody in the space industry was absolutely sure he is totally crazy and it's impossible to do with an entire first/second stage rocket booster. He built the company that built the booster, which to me is at least as interesting as building the booster itself. It's not just about money - Bezos has much more money available than SpaceX had in 2002-2015, and yet his rockets still don't land.
- LorenDB 2y agoActually, Blue Origin beat SpaceX to land a booster. The difference is that BO landed New Shepard, which can barely bump a manned capsule over the Karman line, whereas SpaceX is landing an orbital-class booster, which is a much more difficult proposition. I do agree though that SpaceX has used their money much more efficiently and moved a lot faster in general than BO.