Comment by chasd00
6 days ago
Another thing SpaceX has going for it is when their tests fail everyone just points and laughs at Musk. When a NASA launch fails the taxpayers don't want to pay for it any longer.
6 days ago
Another thing SpaceX has going for it is when their tests fail everyone just points and laughs at Musk. When a NASA launch fails the taxpayers don't want to pay for it any longer.
The laughing was at the start, before Falcon 9 made it into orbit.
There was very little laughing at the starship RUDs. I think it's pretty clear that this development model is far superior now.
Don't forget that big space had a big incentive to paint it as useless, to protect their pork barrel.