A SpaceX booster now trails only 4 space shuttles in flight experience

Re:A SpaceX booster now trails only 4 space shuttles in flig... by jsight on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:46AM (#27119540)

Ha, that's a common pattern with Musk companies.

EVs are impractical. Charging fast can't be done and the network won't exist until the cars get built anyway. But noone would buy them without the network so its impossible.

Oh, you built EVs, 100KW+ chargers and the network yourself? Well, obviously that was inevitable if we had just given General Motors and Ford enough time.

Its not a falsifiable position, so its interesting to think about too.

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Re:A SpaceX booster now trails only 4 space shuttles in flig... by m463 on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @01:51PM (#27121208)

I had a friend who worked at GM around the volt time and it was "common knowledge" that it was all just a boondoggle/joke/exercise.

I think a HUGE force for innovation in silicon valley was simply the graph of moores law.

The practical and financial considerations had a "common knowledge" roadmap to reduce risk and people would race to keep up instead of plod along.

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