so much for Boeing's 'safe pair of hands', paid more money, came back and got paid even more (outside of the fixed price contract, and still fucked it.
The way I read it, you are happy to keep paying the Russians $90+m a seat on a 50+ year old shed (called Soyuz BTW), or an american company somewhat less than that, that employs americans, is also pussing new tech into an old and stagnant industry dominated by the industrial military comples (ie, Boeing, NG, Lockheed, etc)?
This deal is saving the US billions, and will be the stepping stone to much greater stuff (like Mars etc).
Yes, SpaceX is a provate company, much like ULA/Boeing, but would you rather pay ULA/Boeing more than double the money for their continued failures (SLS anyone?) safe in the knowledge they will just bribe more congressmen/Senators to keep the contracts or SpaceX that delivers on budget?
Hell, I'm not even an American, yet I fully support what Musk has done and is trying to do for the US (and gthe rest of the world).
yes, the russian section was originally slated to be the next MIR, however, it accounts for less than 12% of the current ISS.
As for the rest of your dribbling, WTF are you on about? you think Mush is some kind of silicon valley charlatan? do you understand what SpaceX has achived in it's short life?
without Musk (and thus SpaceX), who would have reduced the cost to space for everybody? ULA would still get away with usinf Russian rocket motors to bulk everybody $400M+ a launch.
And don't even get me started on SLS, costing ~$2Bn a year and it's likely to never actually launch.
Like I said, I'm not an American, it's not my Tax dollars being spent, however, living in the UK, I see the same issues with Ariane and the EU space agency, too keen on spending taxpayers money than actualy pushing the tech forward for the greater good.
SpaceX already has over 50% of the global satellite launch business, outside of Nasa/Government contracts, or would you rather the old status quo was maintained?
I take it you are against his starlink project too? the concept of providing service to millions of Americans currently ignored by the existing carriers?
do you like the old monopolies? - sure sounds like it?
So who exactly do you work for? in my past I have worked in the US for a few companies, some in the space field, and being blunt, they were not exactly awe inspiring...
SpaceX channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sl2jo1bSxl8
so much for Boeing's 'safe pair of hands', paid more money, came back and got paid even more (outside of the fixed price contract, and still fucked it.
LOL!
if you like, I have not been there for ~20 years, but I doubt it's changed much.
(When I was there, the idea of having a camera on you was somewhat a no-no.)
sorry not sorry space pedes.
this is your tax dollars hard at work supporting a 'private' entity.
im no fan of spacex...
they sold to the govt what the russians have been doing since the 80s.
you know. Mir.
can you put that in English please?
The way I read it, you are happy to keep paying the Russians $90+m a seat on a 50+ year old shed (called Soyuz BTW), or an american company somewhat less than that, that employs americans, is also pussing new tech into an old and stagnant industry dominated by the industrial military comples (ie, Boeing, NG, Lockheed, etc)?
This deal is saving the US billions, and will be the stepping stone to much greater stuff (like Mars etc).
Yes, SpaceX is a provate company, much like ULA/Boeing, but would you rather pay ULA/Boeing more than double the money for their continued failures (SLS anyone?) safe in the knowledge they will just bribe more congressmen/Senators to keep the contracts or SpaceX that delivers on budget?
Hell, I'm not even an American, yet I fully support what Musk has done and is trying to do for the US (and gthe rest of the world).
What exactly is your beef?
russians built Mir by themselves. most of the docking tech, we use at ISS.
so... why bother with anything spacex or blue origin?
NASA was great and the pinnacle when i grew up.
then bit by bit. it squandered it all away. for feels.
heres some fun for you.
did you know we had a remote mini shuttle ready to replace the big shuttles?
just saying.
yes, Musk moved money around. cool.
why isnt his name on all the patents?
come on my fren. its narrative crafting.
NASA didnt like the notion of being a big govt agency full of waste.
so now they waste it so they can blame spacex and others when shit blows up.
you know. like the commercial satellites. funny how thats all but forgotten now.
my beef, is that in science and engineering. we dont need liars and propaganda.
i was around before spacex and musk were a thing. ive kept track of the things
people around the world were making.
there were plenty of failures.
then the sillycon valley types come and say i can do it cheaper and better.
ok, cool. go forth my frens.
then what happens?
they all come and suck on the teet of govt contracts.
lol. what happened to 'private commercial is better and more efficient?
my sides
iss is not Mir.
yes, the russian section was originally slated to be the next MIR, however, it accounts for less than 12% of the current ISS.
As for the rest of your dribbling, WTF are you on about? you think Mush is some kind of silicon valley charlatan? do you understand what SpaceX has achived in it's short life?
without Musk (and thus SpaceX), who would have reduced the cost to space for everybody? ULA would still get away with usinf Russian rocket motors to bulk everybody $400M+ a launch.
And don't even get me started on SLS, costing ~$2Bn a year and it's likely to never actually launch.
Like I said, I'm not an American, it's not my Tax dollars being spent, however, living in the UK, I see the same issues with Ariane and the EU space agency, too keen on spending taxpayers money than actualy pushing the tech forward for the greater good.
SpaceX already has over 50% of the global satellite launch business, outside of Nasa/Government contracts, or would you rather the old status quo was maintained?
I take it you are against his starlink project too? the concept of providing service to millions of Americans currently ignored by the existing carriers?
do you like the old monopolies? - sure sounds like it?
i live here. i pay taxes here. im in the 'space' industry.
i get that you are excited. so cool. you like Musk. great.
but youre heroes should be the people that actually build and create these things.
not the snakeoil salesmen.
so lets say, maybe, some of my programs were cut
programs that actually solved most of this shit. the real shit.
and then say, i float around the industry and all we see among my colleagues
are jobs being cut and ending of programs
the 'jobs that arent coming back' according to 0bama.
MFW i see spacex and blue origin basically doing what we suggested decades ago.
my sides.
basically. you have no dog in this fight and no horse in this race.
you think you know whats good and right and true and know nothing at all
tell me about the X-37. about the time frames and capability.
and then come back and show me anything that compares to it.
by spacex or anything anywhere.
then come talk to me about wasted money, programs and achievements.
you been smoking the CNN crack too long about military spending.
its all narrative and politics, my pede.
its been that way for half a century.
LOL!
I'm a retired kid! cool...
So who exactly do you work for? in my past I have worked in the US for a few companies, some in the space field, and being blunt, they were not exactly awe inspiring...
would a picture of me taking a break on skunkworks campus work?
lol.
we solved the 'space' problem in the 90s.
but no one was going to get into office from it, so there it sat.
imagine my surprise when 'private' companies used all these 'unfounded unfunded solutions' we provided.
surely you dont think Musk invented all that himself did you?
lol
link to me all the relevant patents with his name on them for space tech?
exactly