So I’ve heard and seen the newest launch, and I thought for a private firm it seemed cool they were able to do it on their own, but I’m scratching my head that people are gushing about this as some hail mary.

I get the engineering required is staggering when it comes to these rocket tests, but NASA and other big space agencies have already done rocket tests and exploring bits of the moon which still astounds me to this day.

Is it because it’s not a multi billion government institution? When I tell colleagues about NASA doing stuff like this yeaaaars ago they’re like “Yea yea but this is different it’s crazy bro”

Can anyone help me understand? Any SpaceX or Tesla fans here?

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    774·
    2 months ago

    even if you don’t ignore musk…

    They’ve achieved all that despite musk. musk is an idiot and a fool, and he’s far from an engineer. Imagine what they could do if his coke-and-ketamine fueled dipshitery decided to take up a different hobby.

    • seaQueue@lemmy.world
      241·
      2 months ago

      SpaceX has a very robust management system that manages musk and keeps him out of the day to day. That’s the most impressive thing about them IMO. Tesla used to be better about this as well, but with the whole eDumpster (aka cybertruck) fiasco that system seems to have largely fallen apart.

    • takeda@lemmy.world
      191·
      2 months ago

      Imagine what they could do if his coke-and-ketamine fueled dipshitery decided to take up a different hobby.

      Didn’t he just do that with Xitter?

      Seems like he is quite isolated in SpaceX and COO is running everything.

      • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        281·
        2 months ago

        SpaceX success is based on senior management being able to keep musk away from everything to do with the company. He is solely responsible for funding. Everything else, musk has zero credit.

        he bought twitter to show what a company ran directly by him would be like. If that was SpaceX there would be far more rockets ploughing into the earth or exploding at launch.

    • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      For real - by all accounts, Musk has, for years, just introduced speed bumps to the process because he wants one particular part of the system to work one particular way, simply because he had an idea about it.

      • oatscoop@midwest.social
        21·
        2 months ago

        Don’t forget that starship launch last year. The dumbass blew up a rocket and launched giant chunks of concrete onto people’s property because he’s a impatient child.