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Re:SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for Ame... by consumer451 on Friday October 30, 2026 @10:30AM (#50304457)
The author is Eric Berger. He gets a ton of leeway in my view, which is that of a somewhat-informed industry outsider.

He has written what are widely considered the best books on SpaceX, and has contacts throughout industry and government.

He is critical of everyone when appropriate. He is probably the most trusted name in space journalism.

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Re:SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for Ame... by extraextra on Friday October 30, 2026 @12:58PM (#50306732)
Ah the much-awaited "appeal to authority"

Well if he wrote some books about Elon, then for sure he must be right in all his speculations. By the same logic, Walter Isaacson is basically a rocket engineer at this point because his book about Elon sold even more copies.

P.S.: Even Eric's followers on X disagree with his take in this article

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Re:SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for Ame... by consumer451 on Friday October 30, 2026 @01:02PM (#50306799)
Wait, are you telling me that chatter on the website owned by the company and extremely sensitive person (who should not be so sensitive, given all that he has genuinely accomplished) - all of which is barely questioned in TFA - has issues with this?
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Re:SpaceX no longer needs NASA, and that's a problem for Ame... by extraextra on Saturday October 31, 2026 @07:16AM (#50314954)
So far you presented 0 real arguments

You're just speedrunning fallacies: appeal to authority, poisoning the well, kettle logic

Are you here just to have an emotional conversation?

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