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SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by transburgh »

krallja wrote: post #69
Someone1234 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm not saying he can do no wrong, but I'm just flabbergasted that there are still so many armchair critics and naysayers when it comes to Elon Musk. That's why you're a fanboy. Nobody is perfect, and Elon Musk likes to make fun of the competition quite publicly when they have an issue, while ignoring his project's own failures. It is hard to even discuss the man on HN as anything that could even be taken as critic…

Define your acronyms, please: HK

I think he meant HN (Hacker News)

Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by jccooper »

penprog wrote: post #57
ChuckMcM wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm trying, but not succeeding, to imagine a non-fiction situation where a corporation has any business advantage in owning and/or controlling an ICBM. Can you expand on your comment? What would a corporation do with this, other than to perhaps implement same day delivery of packages around the globe?

ICBM Delivery service? sign me up

Okay. That 1oz letter will be $150 at current Falcon 9 prices.

You know, that started as a joke, but cut it in half with reusable stages and that's really not too far off for intercontinental overnight delivery.

Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by [deleted] »

krallja wrote: post #69
Someone1234 wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm not saying he can do no wrong, but I'm just flabbergasted that there are still so many armchair critics and naysayers when it comes to Elon Musk. That's why you're a fanboy. Nobody is perfect, and Elon Musk likes to make fun of the competition quite publicly when they have an issue, while ignoring his project's own failures. It is hard to even discuss the man on HN as anything that could even be taken as critic…

Define your acronyms, please: HK

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Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by tomswartz07 »

hnnewguy wrote: post #36
ChrisBland wrote: post #20

Wow, what an amazing feat to come this close. To think just ~100 years ago humans took flight for the first time. Now we are able to launch a rocket in orbit, then fly the first stage to land on a small platform floating in the middle of the ocean.

> Now we are able to launch a rocket in orbit, then fly the first stage to land on a small platform floating in the middle of the ocean. You know we landed on the moon, right? I mean, this is cool, but from a sheer "fascinating achievement" standpoint, this is at least a few notches behind that.

Surely, but this is all computer controlled.

Humans are pretty crafty, but it takes a special kind of craftiness to program a computer to do it as well as a person. :)

Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by Someone1234 »

transburgh wrote: post #71
krallja wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Define your acronyms, please: HK

I think he meant HN (Hacker News)

I did. I updated to HN, since HK could be confused with e.g. Hong Kong and I have no idea how popular Elon Musk is in Hong Kong. :)

Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by KeytarHero »

hnnewguy wrote: post #36
ChrisBland wrote: post #20

Wow, what an amazing feat to come this close. To think just ~100 years ago humans took flight for the first time. Now we are able to launch a rocket in orbit, then fly the first stage to land on a small platform floating in the middle of the ocean.

> Now we are able to launch a rocket in orbit, then fly the first stage to land on a small platform floating in the middle of the ocean. You know we landed on the moon, right? I mean, this is cool, but from a sheer "fascinating achievement" standpoint, this is at least a few notches behind that.

Can't we just appreciate how both are fascinating for entirely different reasons? I think it's pretty amazing we were able to get a rocket to land (edit: well, almost land) to this precise a spot - and all by itself, without human pilots. Sure, it's no moon landing, but it has certain other challenges the moon landing didn't have. I think both are really cool.

Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by simias »

I'm annoyed by this trend of having posts with 0 context or analysis on the top of the frontpage. Yesterday we had a link to some bitcoin chart showing a sudden drop in price (why? I still don't know). A few days ago it was a gif of a flowchart for some brainfuck interpreter (I had to dig into the comments to find the link to the source code). And now... Vine?!

The problem with that kind of submissions (images, short videos...) is that they're quick to overtake more in depth articles because people upload it in seconds without 2nd thought. I don't want the front page of HN be overtaken by imgur posts, if you see what I mean.

Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by JacksonGariety »

sixQuarks wrote: post #23

Sorry for sounding like such a fanboy, but during my 40 years on this earth, I have never been more impressed with a human being. The guy is pushing the envelope on perhaps the most difficult engineering/technological endeavor ever attempted by a private company - and he's making it look cool and futuristic. As if that wasn't enough, he's doing this in two different industries simultaneously. I'm not saying he can do…

What about the privatization of space technology from a political standpoint? You see nothing problematically evil there?

Re: SpaceX: “Close, but no cigar. This time”

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Post by iamcreasy »

Someone1234 wrote: post #63
sixQuarks wrote: post #23

Sorry for sounding like such a fanboy, but during my 40 years on this earth, I have never been more impressed with a human being. The guy is pushing the envelope on perhaps the most difficult engineering/technological endeavor ever attempted by a private company - and he's making it look cool and futuristic. As if that wasn't enough, he's doing this in two different industries simultaneously. I'm not saying he can do…

> I'm not saying he can do no wrong, but I'm just flabbergasted that there are still so many armchair critics and naysayers when it comes to Elon Musk. That's why you're a fanboy. Nobody is perfect, and Elon Musk likes to make fun of the competition quite publicly when they have an issue, while ignoring his project's own failures. It is hard to even discuss the man on HN as anything that could even be taken as critic…

Well, Elon Musk said talking about hyperloop was like shooting his own foot. It was a premature idea.

But the interesting part is some(more than some) people are actually trying trying to come up with a real world implementations of hyperloop and so far their verdict is 'it's doable' and they are working on it. And these people are engineers from reputed companies around the world.

I don't particularly like the concept of fan boy either, but like you said, this man has impressive track records. And that's absolutely brilliant.

The thing that intrigues me is in the new innovations he had in his rocket, and why NASA didn't have it before SpaceX.

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