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Re:Tesla’s Musk Takes Charge of Model 3 Production as Proble... by kryptiskt on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @04:25AM (#16742795)
> Self-landing reusable rockets were impossible too according to pretty much the entire aerospace industry.

Only if they have forgotten the DC-X, which I doubt they have done.

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Re:Tesla’s Musk Takes Charge of Model 3 Production as Proble... by Jesus_Jones on Tuesday April 03, 2018 @03:05PM (#16748027)
of course the dc-x was yet another different flight vehicle that wasn't given enough time to be successful. and it was a bit different in that there wasn't a separate capsule from the launch rocket. if musk had his passionate engineering self behind it he could have made it work.
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