Comment by observationist
1 day ago
>Ballonfahrt in die Freiheit
Gotta love the way German sounds to English ears. Always good for a chuckle.
This guy is a hacker hero - do the engineering needed, get the proof of concept built, move fast, break things, start over and go big, then scores a victory over the commies and saves his family.
You can only move so 'fast and break things', when failure can land you and your family in jail or get you killed.
That being said, the timeline is remarkably short for such a hardware project.
They originally wanted to make a helicopter. (Not kidding)
The private mechanics and electrical hacking culture that is the base for German engineering . Tûftler in jedem Schuppen..
Completely agree - although the shine has rather worn off the ‘move fast and break things’ approach.
SpaceX is doing fine woth that approach?
Great example.
But when Musk took that approach to DOGE, chaos.
And some of the approach hasn’t always gone well at Tesla either.
https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2025/06/01/elon-musk-wan...
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/24/elon-musk-...
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I enjoyed learning about the town of Bad Kissingen
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