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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by coldtea on Friday July 21, 2023 @08:30AM (#36813028)
SpaceX isn't that special. It's 70+ years of NASA work
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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by llamaLord on Friday July 21, 2023 @09:16AM (#36813381)
That's why there's so many other companies effectively competing with them... Oh... Wait...
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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday July 21, 2023 @09:23AM (#36813457)
Making reusable boosters work was pretty special. No incumbent was going to attempt it because they were unwilling to reduce their per launch profit margin on an unproven risk. SpaceX changed the entire economics of launch services and obsoleted every other player with their plan that detractors were sure would never work.
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Re:Hollywood Movie Aside, Just How Good a Physicist Was Oppe... by abakker on Friday July 21, 2023 @10:22AM (#36814132)
Ideas aren't special...execution is special. And SpaceX has not just execution but commercialization.
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