• A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip
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    2 days ago

    The pic reminds me of a youtuber who debunks SpaceX bullshit almost exclusively. I don’t remember the specifics, but he claimed that the v3 seen here is basically a fantasy.

    Seriously, do not trust Musk to build something that works reliably under high stress. Esp. do not entrust human beings to anything Musk builds.

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      1 day ago

      Ah yes, something that an arm chair rocket scientest says can’t exist

      This is it firing.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJdu5ee_ohA

      This is the clean side of it

      This is looking at the vertical slice head on we see in the original image where we see it as only the vertical part of it. There were other pictures where that 1st one came from with other angles as well, they weren’t hiding anything with a specific shot.

      People said it was impossible to propulsive land a orbital booster, and said it would also be impossible to land it on a barge in the ocean.

      SpaceX lands a orbital rocket on a barge in the ocean.

      People said even if you can reuse a rocket, it’ll never be affordable to do so. One very prominent space person (someone in boeing or something) said, you’d have to fly it 10 times to even be worth making one!

      SpaceX flew their first Falcon 9 for the 33th time last week.

      People said no ones going to want to use a re-used rocket

      SpaceX has people including government agencies specifically looking for used rockets as they’re now flight tested.

      People said even if you can relaunch a rocket, there isn’t enough things to put into space to even warrant having one

      SpaceX develops Starlink to create a use case for their new rocket.

      People said Starlink would never be profitable, you have to keep sending new satellites up they’ll never make money!

      SpaceX’s starlink division is now profitable and accounts for more revenue than the rest of the business. (satellites coming down now don’t matter as they can be profitably replenished. All them coming down means is bandwidth capacity will stagnate IF technology doesn’t improve to increase it when more go up)

      People thought it was nuts they were going to try and catch Super Heavy booster on 2 chop sticks

      SpaceX lands it on their first, and subsequent tries.

      The list goes on and on and on and on and on and on, and they keep doing it.

      Falcon 9 is the most reliable rocket we have, and you’re sitting here going don’t trust musk to build something reliable lol.