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> so I can fly out to watch a successful Starship launch Not just watch a launch, but go to O'Hare to launch and go to Sydney in ~30min. In September 2017 they
by vel0city 9mo ago
> so I can fly out to watch a successful Starship launch
Not just watch a launch, but go to O'Hare to launch and go to Sydney in ~30min. In September 2017 they said we'd be flying Earth-to-Earth on a BFR last year.
- nailer 9mo agoTechnology sometimes takes longer than estimates.
- perardi 9mo agoAnd in Musk’s case, “longer” means “abandoned”. Like the cheap model 3. Or the Hyperloop. Or swappable batteries. Or X as an everything app that includes banking.
- nailer 9mo agoIn everyone else’s case too. This was supposed to be a Startup News site. Instagram was supposed to be a way to check into cool places in your neighbourhood and see who was around.
- vel0city 9mo agoIn both of those cases, the platforms actually did those things at some point in time and for one later pivoted a few times. When did SpaceX do Earth-to-Earth commercial travel service? How many people have ridden on a BFR?
- nailer 9mo agoDid Burbn ever have an in-person community? Was HN ever a successful startup news site like TechCrunch?