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Press releases from SpaceX have alluded to a possible launch date of 420, which I think would be hilariously on brand.
Can we please come up with some new "funny numbers" than 420, 69 and 42.
A rocket size comparison video [1] [1] https://twitter.com/Rainmaker1973/status/1602270207287902209
The twitter post simply links to a Facebook video which is a link to a YouTube video (Red Side). Use the source, Luke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DHNp7aEviE
Whether or not they hit April specifically (some of which isn't under their control, freak weather or the like can happen) they've clearly been checking through prep at an impressive, disciplined pace and it'll be soon. And importantly once they start they've set things up to keep the iteration going and do more and more ironing things out, and then going into full production. All technical merits aside, that , mass…
Gwynne Shotwell has said that SpaceX is a rocket factory company, not a rocket company. I agree entirely, the possibilities here make me so excited.
I mean if SpaceX is a rocket factory company, isn’t Ford a car factory company? We just don’t include factory because it’s redundant.
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How fucking lame, especially for a company that drug tests.
Putting a rocket into orbit requires a good understanding of science and reality. There is no actual scientific proof that occasionally using marijuana is a bad thing that would make a potential employee a bad employee. Maybe politicians don't like that reality, but they are not the ones putting people into orbit.
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If someone can't quit for the time it takes to get a job, then I wouldn't want them on my team. It's usually one and done at these companies, not random throughout employment, and usually purely for outside regulation purposes. A modicum of self control isn't a bad thing.
Do you also feel that way about alcohol? If you found social media posts of an employee drinking would you want to fire them?
What could prevent them from getting a launch license? What’s the FAA considering in approving or denying a request like this?
In this case this is specially hard because the core booster flies back towards the coast.