87% of the world's tonnage to orbit in Q1
Scary to think where we would be in the space race without SpaceX, while billions were being wasted by NASA contractors every year to achieve very little.
99 sats \ 0 replies \ @RoundaboutStacker 22 May
Amazing how different the results can look when you ask the right question. Up until SpaceX the question was: 'can we get something to space?'. The question SpaceX asks is: 'can we build an assembly line to get a regular flow of equipment to space?'
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99 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 21 May
Nasa was never efficient.
It was all a political move.
What is that called? Publicity stunt?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd OP 21 May
What's crazy is that the people there are plenty smart. When I was a software engineer my company did some contract work for NASA and I felt like a caveman talking to some of the PhDs there especially when the conversation drifted to physics, math and aerospace stuff. So there's just poor leadership and vision.
I guess not unlike many of the very smart people getting paid to do very little in big tech...
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99 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 21 May
Its just the bureaucracy.
Thats what really steers them in the wrong direction.
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99 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 21 May
That’s wild
Seems like it should be bigger news
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99 sats \ 1 reply \ @kristapsk 21 May
It this list full? Don't see there ESA, for example, which has it's own launch capabilities. And do NASA and US Air Force now fully use commercial contracts to launch sattelites, 0% their own launches?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @gmd OP 21 May
Hmmm.. not sure, haha, my source is twitter :P
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @gmd OP 21 May
Fun clip of skeptical European aerospace leaders in 2013 blowing off SpaceX, saying they are "selling a dream"
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99 sats \ 0 replies \ @south_korea_ln 21 May
To be fair, SpaceX is still very far from the 5M dollar/launch promise that prompted that clip. From what I recall, it's still a factor 20 or so off.
Doesn't mean that this clip is not a testament to the arrogance of some people in charge.
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