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Re:Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE by itsoktocry on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:15AM (#33704513)
>Why aren’t the other space programs/companies landing rockets?

Economics, pure and simple.

SpaceX was heavily capitalised during an era of easy money, so they have cash to burn advancing this technology. Everyone benefits. But there is no indication they are anywhere near profitability. So why would other space programs do this, when they can reap the benefits (tech and cargo) of a VC and government subsidised company?

Or do you think the SpaceX engineering team is the only one on the planet capable of doing this? I'm sure they're awesome, but that's a stretch.

Re:Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE by onethought on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @06:49AM (#33704732)
Yes. They Cleary are. Where is your evidence otherwise?
Re:Why Twitter didn’t go down: From a real Twitter SRE by robertlagrant on Tuesday November 22, 2022 @07:14AM (#33704920)
> SpaceX was heavily capitalised during an era of easy money

As were others. Surely Blue Origin had the easiest capital of all.