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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by devoutsalsa on Monday August 02, 2021 @07:08PM (#28043828)
Watching the Falcon Heavy take off & land was one of the coolest things in my life. Watching Starship take off, land, and blow up was neat. The fact that these things build on previous accomplishments doesn’t make them any less impressive. Enjoy the ride & don’t poop on the party.
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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by sandworm101 on Monday August 02, 2021 @08:03PM (#28044271)
>> Enjoy the ride & don’t poop on the party.

Legitimate criticism of SpaceX fanboys is not "Pooping on the party". People who pretend that this is a ground-up space program, an icon of how private enterprise is always better at everything, need to be educated in the history of spaceflight. I myself could build a car in my garage that is better/faster/cheaper than everything available in decades past. That doesn't mean that I am one iota smarter, better organized or more innovative than the engineers who built those classic cars.

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by nickik on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @05:24AM (#28047176)
The problems is other who are standing on the same shoulder of the same giants, even the original giants themselves fail to turn this theoretical advantage into actually being

> better/faster/cheaper than everything

So do talking down SpaceX based on that makes no sense.

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by lfuller on Monday August 02, 2021 @08:36PM (#28044473)
If you truly believe that you can make a car that is significantly better than the current state of the art AND turn it into a viable business at scale, then what are you waiting for? You’ll be a billionaire.
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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by sandworm101 on Monday August 02, 2021 @09:02PM (#28044620)
Key words: in decades past.
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