• Neato@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Given that time and money I bet NASA could have that and made ones that don’t blow up every test.

    • ramenshaman@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      LOL… NASA has existed for many more decades than Spacex has. The Spacex Falcon rocket is possibly the most reliable rocket available today, launches payloads more often than any other rocket and it’s much cheaper than its competitors. You’re comparing a brand new rocket design to other, thoroughly tested rockets that have had many iterations. This was literally the second flight of this rocket, they were expecting it to fail.

    • MaggiWuerze@feddit.de
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      8 months ago

      Maybe if you weren’t so blinded by your need to be edgy, you would see the accomplishments SpaceX has made. Starship is not even close to being completed. It blowing up and failing are expected at this stage.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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      8 months ago

      Given time and money, I’m sure Bob Jones could make a reusable rocket in his back garage. It would just take a lot of both. SpaceX is good at making a lot of progress with little time and money.

    • weew@lemmy.ca
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      8 months ago

      How much are you betting? Because I could use some free money, lol.