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Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by bilsbie on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:42PM (#34604625)
I find it confusing how much large corporations can accomplish vs groups of hobbyists. They’re both just groups of people.
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Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by mLuby on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @09:36PM (#34605613)
With orders of magnitude differences in money and work hours they can bring to bear on problems.

Is that surprising?

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Re:Concordia Students Set to Launch Most Powerful Rocket Dev... by quartesixte on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @01:09AM (#34607069)
And sometimes the hobbyists will beat out the corporations a la open source software.

But yes money + fear of being fired can be a powerful motivator.

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