Mysth on Nostr: The space industry has stalled from 1969 until Elon Musk entered the space, and in ...
The space industry has stalled from 1969 until Elon Musk entered the space, and in the span of 15 years:
-Drastically lowered cost of kg to orbit by making reusable rocket a reality,
-Created a constellation of LEO to allow anyone to get internet access, basically everywhere in the world,
-Proposed a goal that transcends just getting awards and more fiat, by looking to send people to Mars, and eventually create an actual colony there.
Feel free to call his bullshit and his grifts, because he has many. But please be objective and recognize the few things he actually did right.
AFAIK, no government funded the Starship program ; and while the US government actually gave SpaceX money, even you should recognize the net gain created both for the government (and its taxpayers) AND the rest of companies, now able to afford to launch stuff in space at a much lower cost than before the SpaceX breakthrough.
-Drastically lowered cost of kg to orbit by making reusable rocket a reality,
-Created a constellation of LEO to allow anyone to get internet access, basically everywhere in the world,
-Proposed a goal that transcends just getting awards and more fiat, by looking to send people to Mars, and eventually create an actual colony there.
Feel free to call his bullshit and his grifts, because he has many. But please be objective and recognize the few things he actually did right.
AFAIK, no government funded the Starship program ; and while the US government actually gave SpaceX money, even you should recognize the net gain created both for the government (and its taxpayers) AND the rest of companies, now able to afford to launch stuff in space at a much lower cost than before the SpaceX breakthrough.