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Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old by jacquesm on Sunday June 11, 2017 @06:19PM (#14534106)
Yes, all those rockets landing their first stages back in the 60's, that was quite boring and old. Oh, wait, they didn't do that at all.

> They're standing way up there on the shoulders of those giants, and we should recognize that.

We do. And they do too.

But they are innovating, and bringing down the cost of putting stuff in orbit is very important progress, no point in belittling that.

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Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old by throwaway-1209 on Sunday June 11, 2017 @06:29PM (#14534158)
It wasn't because it was impossible. Shit, those guys landed on the Moon and Venus with nothing but slide rules. It was because government is not spending its own money, so it can afford five times the cost.
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Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old by jacquesm on Sunday June 11, 2017 @06:44PM (#14534213)
Landing on the moon is a bit different than landing here on earth.

If you wanted to say that SpaceX had done 'nothing new' then you're about a year late to the party, they are definitely innovating.

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Re:The relationship between mindset and getting old by cfmcdonald on Sunday June 11, 2017 @10:59PM (#14534984)
Simpsons... I mean NASA did it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-X
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