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Back a few years ago. This was the starship that in 2024 would reach Mars with humans, with so much space taken by crew and materials, and almost no fuel, and "
by ruivil7 2y ago
Back a few years ago. This was the starship that in 2024 would reach Mars with humans, with so much space taken by crew and materials, and almost no fuel, and "10 times cheaper". And currently is an empty shell. Nice fireworks and show, but no meaningful payload yet. Not even LO. And this will be ready for 2026 artemis mission?
- GiorgioG 2y agoI’m not a big fan of Elon Musk, but this is just the typical executive talking up their product and to some extent being overly optimistic about timelines. You’d think with the quantity of software engineers in HN this would be obvious, but the (rightful IMO) disdain for Elon Musk is resetting people’s brains.
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- computerex 2y agoGuy is a serial liar and you are making excuses on his behalf.
- GiorgioG 2y agoI hope you’re as vocal about your higher ups.
- The5thElephant 2y agoHe is a serial liar, but we can also actually see the engineering progress which is remarkable regardless of his overinflated timelines. His lying doesn't change the incredible work by those engineers and other employees of SpaceX.
- bamboozled 2y agoWhat does he have to do with the incredible work though ? Shit posting his way to mars ?
- hooli_gan 2y agoThe taxpayer is paying for these lies
- GiorgioG 2y agoThe taxpayer pays for all the lies.
- schiffern 2y agoIf you think delays in aerospace constitute "lies," you're not going to have a good time following any aerospace company. Unexpected delays are par for the course.
- hooli_gan 2y agoIf you think these are mere delays, then I have a bridge to sell to you
- jiggawatts 2y agoIn about two years, when these things will be launching hundreds of starlink satellites like clockwork, you’ll just move the goalposts and find something else to criticise. I’m saying this with confidence because it’s the established history of SpaceX critics. Everything from reusable rockets, space internet, full-flow staged combustion, etc.. has had its naysayers that all shut up and found something new to critique once SpaceX showed it was possible and even profitable. At this stage you may as well just come out and say “I don’t like Elon”.
- antifa 2y agoI don't like Elon. I'm not going to look up the original context of Elon's alleged lies, but from what's written here they just sound like long term project goals rather than formal lies (implying things like malicious intent or fraud). If anything, maybe the only reason he didn't meet those goals is due to his social media addiction.
- bgnn 2y agoThere's nothing typical about this kind of blatantly lying. It's a character trait of Musk, which should be a reason to be fired immediately as CEO in a sound free market operating on trust and transparency. We should not normalize this.
- GiorgioG 2y agoYour mom experiences much better vastly different than mine. Trust and transparency is not something we have in the current “free market”. Musk is neither the first nor the last lying executive.
- inemesitaffia 2y agoAsk NASA about MSR