ScoobyDoo
NPC
That'd be cool if it were the American people who accomplished it. Instead it's just another multi-billionaire who'd rather do that with his money then actually support Democracy and regulated capitalism in his own country.
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Space Exploration II: Always Looking up
- Thread starter MichVandal
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Bezos is a POS but that mission, unlike Musk's boondoggles, is great science.
Most people who conducted great explorations, let alone funded them, have been ahem "big personalities." We have to share this rock with apes for a while longer, and I'm not too particular which ape helps the humans develop the technology by which we will leave and strand them here.
Columbus, Magellan, Cortez, Raleigh, Drake, Von Braun. All dicks.
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aparch
Acetaminamerican
Viewing location for New Glenn launch gets unexpected visitor at worst time.
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CobraEmergency (@cobraemergency) on Threads
"Son of a ****!" 🚀🚫🛳 The hilariously devastating moment a cruise ship glides in front of spectators, reporters, and professional videographers who had turned out for the historic launch of New Glenn from Cape Canaveral. (⚠️ Contains strong language) Better (censored) video at...
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MichVandal
Well-known member
All of these failures were paid by the US contracting SX for a lunar lander. Which, of course, they have not bought, and is the primary reason China will easily beat us to the moon. Thanks, elmo.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
That's good right?
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
aparch
Acetaminamerican
That video was from five months ago.
Here's the latest:
techcrunch.com
Video:
Here's the latest:
SpaceX's upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing | TechCrunch
It may not have been a massive fireball, but SpaceX now has more work to do before it can kick off this next-generation version of Starship.
techcrunch.com
Video:
aparch
Acetaminamerican
I can't believe I'm stuck rooting for Bezos in this billionaire pissing contest.
Holy fuck did the "traditional" aerospace companies drop the fucking ball.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
That video was from five months ago.
Here's the latest:
SpaceX's upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing | TechCrunch
It may not have been a massive fireball, but SpaceX now has more work to do before it can kick off this next-generation version of Starship.
Video:
LOL. Better I guess? I mean... still standing. Sort of.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
I can guess having been inside one for 17 years.
But I wouldn't want to mansplain.
Plus we have somebody on the Forum who knows 10,000x more than I do. And he's less of a dick.
ScoobyDoo
NPC
At least we're socializing the losses.
I’ve been inside 8 of them, totaling 31 years.I can guess having been inside one for 17 years.
But I wouldn't want to mansplain.
Plus we have somebody on the Forum who knows 10,000x more than I do. And he's less of a dick.
The heyday of the big primes was the 60s, 70s, and 80s, Then, (because of those heydays!), in 1984 they passed this little piece of legislation called the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR), which actually, legitimately did a lot to get rid of the ecxess profits and underhand dealings in federal contracts.
And now - poof - the primes don’t want to bid on big, complex, risky one-off projects (where you can’t make up for upfront losses on a long production run or juicy contracts to maintain the products in the field)
You can probably connect the dots from there.
Ok, that makes more sense - I already saw the official release from SpaceX saying no fuel was on board, so I was confused by the massive fireball that Kepler posted.That video was from five months ago.
Here's the latest:
SpaceX's upgraded Starship suffers explosion during testing | TechCrunch
It may not have been a massive fireball, but SpaceX now has more work to do before it can kick off this next-generation version of Starship.
Video:
So many explosions, it’s hard to keep them all straight!
dxmnkd316
Lucia Apologist
MichVandal
Well-known member
NASA is just paying a different billionaire company. Like SX for the lander.