That "live" Elon interview seemed really pre-recorded... Did anyone else get that feeling?
No, he was just doing an elevator pitch on reusability. Has probably done that thousands of times now so it will sound a bit scripted.
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's why this is so big, dropping the costs significantly could easily pull a significant fraction of those other launches to SpaceX. Pretty soon the ability to re-launch the same booster will be considered a must-have feature if you want to be in the rocket business, unless you fly missions so close the maximum payload or trajectory that recovery is impossible.
SpaceX would still have to deal with scheduling: making enough upper stages and having limited launch/landing pads they share with NASA/ULA/ATK. So those with less cost-sensitive payloads (governments) would probably still pay a premium to launch their payloads sooner rather than cheaper.
That doesn't add up: SpaceX will be able to use a chunk of their savings to outbid their competitors for launch capacity. So any premium paid by a competitor would have to be passed on to their customers to stay afloat whereas SpaceX would merely give a slightly lower discount.
SpaceX really caused some sleepless nights today with the executives of other rocket companies they are several years away from being able to begin to play catch-up. This was one very long bet SpaceX made and it paid off today and will continue to pay off for years to come.
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#63That "live" Elon interview seemed really pre-recorded... Did anyone else get that feeling?
Yeah, everything about that seemed pre-recorded, especially considering how calm everyone in the background was. Understandable though considering how busy Elon is.
Oh absolutely. I didn't mean it as a negative. It was just an observation
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#65Fantastic!!! Being able to watch a reusable rocket land perfecty, from my mobile phone while casting to a TV, over a computer network, while located in southern Brazil makes me SO PROUD to be human!
It just depresses me seeing how many people don't have the slightest clue why this is something incredibly remarkable - the complexity behind each and every component, process, research and engineering making this possible - and then start bitching about the new Emoji set on their smartphone
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#66For nostalgia's sake, here's Elon's speech to employees after the first successful launch of Falcon 1 (flight 4), in 2008 at Kwajalein Atoll:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FQhtMrUQlE&t=32m30s
(speech begins at 32:30, in case link doesn't work)
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#67That "live" Elon interview seemed really pre-recorded... Did anyone else get that feeling?
No, you could actually here the person counting down and then telling him he was on.
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#68Success!
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#69History was being made today. Super, congratulations to all of SpaceX. Now let's see the landing :) STUCK THE LANDING :) :) :) Apologies to my neighbors who I surely woke up. Hah :) Incredible! Now, will they fly this one again?
> Apologies to my neighbors who I surely woke up.
Of Course They Still Love You ;).
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#70Does SpaceX have any real competitors in the private sector? Would be a bummer if people decided they were a monopoly of some sort and demanded a break up.
Does Blue Origin count?
They are still a ways off from having something comparable to SpaceX. New Glenn might have a test launch in 2020.