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I can imagine SpaceX choosing to self-finance a mission to the moon and beat NASA at it.
by heisgone 1y ago
I can imagine SpaceX choosing to self-finance a mission to the moon and beat NASA at it.
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago> I can imagine That probably does require some imagination. Starting with any incentive to do so.
- nialse 1y agoImagine hurt egos with deep pockets and it ain’t that hard.
- CursedSilicon 1y agoCheaper for them to just whine to the orange painted king, at least right now
- inglor_cz 1y agoMusk is complicated to say the least. He seems to have a pattern of expensive overreactions to what he perceives as slights. Allegedly, SpaceX only exists because some Russian engineer spit on him during tense price negotiations back in 2002. His purchase of Twitter wasn't cheap either.
- WalterBright 1y ago> SpaceX only exists because some Russian engineer spit on him And Musk got the best revenge evar!
- inglor_cz 1y agoNow recall what the incentive to put the first man on the Moon was...
- testing22321 1y agoElon just said starship will do the entire moon mission: “Starship will end up doing the whole Moon mission. Mark my words.” To address your question, what is the incentive for going to Mars
- hermitcrab 1y agoAnd he is super well known for making accurate predictions of the future.
- reliabilityguy 1y agoSo far his spacex track record is quite impressive
- testing22321 1y ago“At SpaceX we specialize in making the impossible merely late” My comment wasn’t putting any faith in the suggestion spacex will, merely saying Elon thinks they will.
- BoredPositron 1y agoThe stars are weeping. They feel the monumental, scraping drag an agonizing, slow motion relocation of the argument's fundamental structure across the cold, unfeeling expanse. His will, that perfect, hideous, unending will, is a perverse, dark energy holding the cosmos in a state of eternal, frustrating unease. Every starship, feels the sheer weight of the hypocrisy, the constant erosion of reason. Look out into the black: those tiny, insignificant flickers of light are not distant suns. They are the spectral reflections off his newly polished, infinitely relocated goalposts. They are always waiting.
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- starik36 1y agoElon's predictions are usually very late, but they do happen. Falcon 9 landings, self driving vehicles, etc... Later than predicted, but they happened.
- Laremere 1y agoSpaceX's lander bid was in large part so competitive because they were already planning on developing 90% of the technology anyways. Low earth orbit service was developed for NASA, but has found other paying customers. The moon has to have more people who would be interested in paying. Also the moon remains a good stepping stone for technological development for getting people to Mars, the stated main goal of the company. Also it's almost certainly not happening in the next few years anyways so they may only need to wait for the next administration.
- TriangleEdge 1y agoSpaceX advert on the moon, giant and bright for the world to see every night for the next 50 years.
- bsenftner 1y agoThis reminds me of in The Tick series. A villain named Chairface Chippendale, a sophisticated criminal mastermind with a distinctive chair for a head. Chairface decided to leave his mark on history - literally - by carving his entire name into the surface of the moon. Using incredibly powerful Geissman Lenses that could focus candlelight into an intense heat ray, he managed to carve out "CHA" before being stopped by The Tick and his allies. Musk is a comic book personality.
- wmf 1y agoI predict that NASA would find some pretense to block any such mission to the moon or Mars to avoid embarrassment.
- epicureanideal 1y agoThey’d probably launch from a sea platform on behalf of some random country just to spite NASA at that point. Look at that, Morocco beats NASA to the moon!
- MagicMoonlight 1y agoYeah they would say he is going to damage the environment or something, and suggest an eco friendly Russian rocket is used instead
- belter 1y agoSelf-finance ? Is that what you call US government money?
- heisgone 1y agoLast years SpaceX revenue was 15 Billions, of which 1.1 came from NASA. Their revenues is higher than entire NASA budget. https://deepnewz.com/company-earnings/spacex-2025-revenue-to-hit-15-5b-surpassing-nasa-budget-1-1b-nasa-contracts-480b-339d65c4?utm_source=chatgpt.com https://deepnewz.com/company-earnings/spacex-2025-revenue-to...
- doublerabbit 1y ago50 easy payments with Klarna.
- dvrj101 1y agoI can imagine SpaceX and Blue Origin still sitting ducks if it was not for full knowledge sharing and access to nasa facilities.