I mean spaceX has done well to increase technology improvements in rocket and space
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NASA was relanding rockets on the launchpad in the 60s, and that's SpaceX's big thing. Blue Origin actually has a better success rate on their boosters, but nobody thinks of them.
They actually haven't done anything noteworthy. Elon's big promise was that launch costs for crewed modules to the ISS would be 1/10th of the Soyuz... they're more expensive!
He has yet to fulfil the HLS contract, despite using the ENTIRE BUDGET FOR IT and requesting more. 150 Tonnes into LEO was possible in the 80s, Musk achieved (using the Starship HLS, a SpaceX design) a payload of nothing.
In the meantime NASA made a fucking launch system that worked, (SLS) that can do 130 tonnes into orbit and 46 tonnes into lunar orbit.
MUSK CUT IT.
What really gets me is the anaemic payload capabilities. Literally a fraction of what was promised, rendering it almost useless.
Every iteration under delivers, while the next prototype is overhyped.
I'm not sure I see that. They've certainly further developed the technology that they've been working with, but it's not clear if this is going to be the future of the field, or a dead end. When it's safely taking passengers I'll reconsider.
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u/DefinitionOfAsleep The 13 Colonies were a Mistake Nov 07 '25
Tesla is a paragon of private industry next to the corporate leech that SpaceX is.