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Does it? People used to get excited and SpaceX’s achievements and milestones too, back when rockets weren’t reusable yet. I think it has just become so routine now.
Also, there were humans on board. Also, moon.
Also, SpaceX and NASA both have teams of engineers (and some of them have worked for both).
To be clear: I’m not defending Elon here. I’m just pointing out the ridiculousness of posts like these.
Yeah, I think if Space X sent a crew to the moon then the reaction would’ve mostly been the same.
- Plenty of people were interested in Spacex flights. People did sour after he stopped looking like iron man and started being lex luthor by opening his mouth more
- Artemis is still not as impressive/envelope pushing to joe sixpack, since it’s “just” flying around the moon again. By this time, we are expecting moon bases or other advances of technology, since you know, actually LANDING on the moon started in the late 60s. It’s been 60 years.
since you know, actually LANDING on the moon started in the late 60s. It’s been 60 years.
Yeah, but that was just to beat the soviets. After that, everyone forgot about space travel.
Also, before building bases on the moon, it would make sense to build Lunar Gateway on a LaGrange point. It could provide a transport hub to/from the surface and orbit, and to/from lunar orbit to Earth’s orbit. That way there wouldn’t be need for one vehicle that can take off and land on the moon, and travel between the Earth and moon.
There could be one class of vehicle for each phase. Another class of vehicle would handle transport from Earth’s surface to orbit. So three classes of vehicle for three total stages. It would be more efficient this way.
Even to the space crowd, SLS doesn’t really introduce anything new.
But when the Falcon 9 landed, and then the heavy’s dual landing. That was hype.
Ok I’m going to be that guy who sounds like a musk fanboy but rest assured I fucking hate that Nazi. That said, people don’t care about spacex launches because they have become so routine as to be boring.in a historical context there came a point where people stopped caring about airplanes because they stopped crashing. This is good. Rockets becoming reliable enough to become boring and routine is a net gain for humanity. I just wish spacex weren’t owned by that goose stepping fascist
Youngsters don’t realize that people became fucking bored with the Apollo missions after 11. Apollo 13 generated some buzz because the crew was probably going to die, but that’s it. Same thing happened with the space shuttle.
Well also personally I lost interest because I got sick of Elon time. I’m pretty sure by his estimate we were supposed to have megastructures by now.
It’s also worth noting that reusable rockets are interesting but if they just go up deploy satellite and then come back down that’s not very interesting compared to going to the moon.
I know SpaceX are supposed to be building a lunar lander but we’ve heard nothing about that for years now. Where is it, Artemis III is going to need it in less than a year. Have they even started construction?
I’m pretty sure by his estimate we were supposed to have megastructures by now.
This exactly. Musk has been talking ginormic shit for decades, and delivered peanuts. Destroying the USA in the process.
How good is the re-usability even going? That’s the only plus I see wrt SpaceX.
The re-useability is also mainly a marketing point. It sounds cool on paper but SpaceX only reduces the cost by 10% discount when utilizing old boosters. The usefulness of cost savings is overblown.
The usefulness … is overblown.
Ain’t that the truth for everything E Musk produces.
And it could be so great, done properly.
He’s giving electric cars and reusable rockets a bad rep actually.
People would be more excited for SpaceX missions, if it wasn’t owned by a Nazi pedophile lover.
I mean… If SoaceX had sent people around the moon, then I think the general public would have been interested in that.
I think it was more about the mission, not the org that made the craft.
SpaceX doesn’t even send people into space itself. They mostly just send exploding debris into the ocean.
They’re the main way of taking astronauts to the ISS.
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People have been really hyped for space x, when they first landed a booster and now when they do test launches of Starship and when they caught the super heavy booster it was incredible.
People care about Artemis II because it’s crewed spaceflight to the moon. Artemis I didn’t get nearly as much attention.
Muskrat blows up 50 rockets for sport and puts air travel at risk for the lulz. SpaceX was initially interesting in that small vacuum of NASA activity, but nowhere in the same wheelhouse. All flash and no substance, like the rest of the tech bro industry.
You have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about.
Falcon 9 has the best launch record of any rocket ever. Its also vastly reduced the cost of rocket launches enabling space science to become accessible to way more people.
The booster recovery is still unmatched by anyone else and starship is a work of engineering magic and is still due to be the first ever fully reusable launch system.
