• Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    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?

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      4 days ago

      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.

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        4 days ago

        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.

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          4 days ago

          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.