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> SpaceX gets credit and rightly so because they have achieved things which no national space agency nor private company has ever done before Such as?
by me_me_me 2y ago
> SpaceX gets credit and rightly so because they have achieved things which no national space agency nor private company has ever done before
Such as?
- jbgt 2y agoLanding boosters, reducing costs etc etc
- me_me_me 2y agoIs that it? Landing boosters is not saving money as of now. Because a rocket engine is not a rental bike. Hmmm I wonder if there was a tech that recovered a spacecraft and tried to reuse it to cut costs... hmmm... no, nothing comes to mind Also SpaceX is charging Nasa more than russians did when they had monopoly over space flights.
- inemesitaffia 2y agoLanding boosters saves money and helps with cadence. SpaceX is charging NASA less. Even Boeing is charging NASA less than Russia.
- jve 2y agoMaybe this will help you see it: https://x.com/dpoddolphinpro/status/1874191808751972447 https://x.com/dpoddolphinpro/status/1874191808751972447 The whole world combined VS SpaceX has less mass to orbit. Either whole nations are not interested in that much mass to orbit or they don't have the capability. Or financial means/incentive to compete against that commercial entity. But they do and at least in China they start to work on reusable rockets and ULA is for sale because they don't have one.
- me_me_me 2y agoI guess that's an 'achievement'?
- Albatross9237 2y agoWhat would you consider an achievement then? The point of a rocket is to deliver mass to space.
- me_me_me 2y agoNobody credits boeing with a achievement of caring most people in planes. We credit Wright brother with creating first airplane. Cargo rockets is to elo is an old tech, a participation award for you and your convincing arguments (you and you ilk - producing numerous 'achievements' called 'etc. etc.').