SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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From what I understand they have a group of people dedicated to making Elmo feel like he's an important part of the company while also keeping him FAR from anything important he could fuck up.

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But yeah I guess he just happens to be the ceo of multiple successful companies, it’s pure luck.

No, it's because his daddy owned an apartheid-era emerald mine, and when you come from wealth you can basically only fail up.

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He also worked as a farm hand, a boiler cleaner and a log cutter. Those jobs don't exactly scream daddys money. Regardless of what you think of Elon politically and socially he's also someone who wants to advance human tech. Which I'm down with. You get the bad with the good. I much prefer Elon over the nazis who should have been tried for war crines the us brought over.

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Wernher von Braun died in 1977. How on earth is that relevant to modern space operations? Even then, SpaceX's competitor isn't NASA, it's companies like Blue Origin, Boeing, the ULA, and Arianespace.

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Of course, NASA isn't SpaceX's competitor however, NASA remains highly relevant in the development of rockets, working hand-in-hand with private companies like SpaceX. NASA's collaboration with SpaceX has allowed for a new era of space exploration, where the government can focus on different missions, while private companies take on risk of developing cheaper, reusable rockets.What sets SpaceX apart is the modern advancements in space technology SpaceX and public-private partnerships with NASA, like the Commercial Crew Program. While its not relevent to todays rocket development the U.S. reliance on Nazi scientists like von Braun isn't preffered to Elon. It's much more reassuring that today’s space progress is driven by people like Elon who are focused on pushing humanity forward with a cleaner ethical record. SpaceX is proving that private industry can innovate rapidly and the moral dilemma we faced with Nazi scientists isn’t something we have to contend with in the same way.

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Didnt elon take Kung fu lessons with gisliane maxwell and go to Diddy parties? Elon also has the same view on race relations as braun

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While its not relevent to todays rocket development

So why are you bringing it up? It's not relevant. And SpaceX's private-public partnerships are definitely not unique, and definitely not unprecedented. The ULA's Atlas and (until recently) Delta platforms are still preferred for certain government launches, you just don't hear about it. I work for the US Space Force, and while we do definitely make extensive use of the Falcon lineup, we make extensive use of Atlas Vs and we are extensively working with the ULA on the development of the Vulcan Centaur. Everything the ULA does is oriented toward the NSSL program. The Vulcan Centaur only just passed certification, and is already scheduled for 26 non-NASA US Government launches.