It’s certainly not Honda-level reliability.

I hate the guy's guts as much as anybody else, but he has kickstarted a space race, and an EV market. Credit where it's due.

And yeah I know, rich daddy, no inventions, all evolutionary, etc. But here we are.

It's not perfect, but capitalism is the best system we've got. It is only through competition on the free market that we would arrive at a space program this efficient and innovative. Imagine if the government tried to do this! They would've blown up a 100 rockets by now with nothing to show for it, and it would've cost tax payers billions of dollars. The innovation of SpaceX is humanity at it's finest. For thousands of years we've looked up at the sky, and wondered what's there, and now, thanks to the engineering chops of Elon Musk, it is within our grasp. Imagine that, sending a person to space. Maybe someday we'll even be able to put someone on the moon!

SpaceGateX

Can't wait for the documentary

At this point I'd expect some brain leak from SpaceX. For some, no amount of money is enough to continue to work for a company associated to that toxic twat.

Ngl, had me in the first half.

It's incredible, isn't it? I used to be so stoked on space exploration and all the science that goes with it. Still am, really, but my enthusiasm has cooled markedly once billionaires started throwing dick-shaped space missiles around for no other reason than being able to.

Fairly sure they "saved" hundreds of thousands in wages only to lose millions to billions in material. An engineer working 80 hour weeks month after month isn't nearly going to be as productive as one doing 40hr weeks, no matter how many hours they put out. There's actually a point where it turns negative and every extra hour put in detracts from output, not to mention long-time wellbeing and development.

I would ride a Honda rocket a hundred times before ever setting foot on anything developed by SpaceX

Definitely agreed on cars, but Japan's last few moon missions had several catastrophic failures unfortunately.

Good, eat a dick, Elon.

The thumbnail had me reminiscing of the poster for The Descent

Elon should really pilot the next starship himself. Just put a small 1 person capsule on top (or maybe even 5 people so he can take some of his billionaire friends along) and connect a playstation controller to the engines.
Stockton did it, and he made several succesful trips. What you do yourself, you do better!!

Good gods! Captain, The ambient sarcasm readings are off the charts!

What space race?

NASA us working on a shoestring budget and managed to run some very successful missions. The Artemis Program is/was very succesful, and what does NASA get?

Budget cuts. Money diverted to SpaceX who, under Elon, has yet to do a single succesful mission (the Dragon capsule and reusable rockets were both projects that Elon bought. Starship is the first project that Elon directed).

You do not hate the guy's guts as much as anybody else, or as much as is reasonable. You do not in fact have to give it to the Nazi scum. Any success or credit is due to the employees of the companies the inept pathetic narcissistic pro-fascism scumfuck is undeservedly running, often on fire and into the ground. If the resources he's hoarding would be allocated by a reasonable, competent and humanist entity, we would all be much better off. Musk would be better off the planet. Shame that he missed this flight.

all evolutionary

???

reached an altitude of 890 feet

Kids science projects make reusable rockets that go higher.

Have they published its drug test results yet?

It's life Jim, but not as we know it.

Not as we know it.

Not as we know it.

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