the_elon Elon Musk Ws SpaceX Crew Dragon, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ¦… America's ONLY spacecraft capable of carrying people πŸ¦…πŸ’ͺ
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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 100%

    Going to orbit around the moon*

    Starship is the lunar lander

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  • the_elon Elon Musk Ws SpaceX Crew Dragon, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ¦… America's ONLY spacecraft capable of carrying people πŸ¦…πŸ’ͺ
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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 50%

    Boeing's Starliner is in the same situation. Let's go with operating spacecraft then since technically any rocket can carry people if you shove them in the payload bay (loss of life may occur)

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  • enoughmuskspam Enough Musk Spam FACT: Operating Starlink in Ukraine costs Elon $100 million [1]. FACT: The USGOV only gave SpaceX $3 million for equipment sent to Ukraine [2].
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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 100%

    Why is the government buying launches a bad thing? SpaceX provides a service that they want. The money would just have gone to Lockheed and Boeing otherwise

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  • the_elon
    Elon Musk Ws golden_retriever β€’ 1 year ago β€’ 11%
    2005, SpaceX told to GTFO by NASA and USAF. Did they give up? NO! They built an entirely new launchpad from scratch at the Kwajalein Atoll. That's how Elon works😎

    After spending $7 million on restoring a launchpad at the Vandenberg Spaceport, USAF never actually let them use it. Instead of sitting on their hands while waiting for infinite amounts of government paperwork and delays they took charge. In just a few months a new launch site was constructed entirely from scratch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. When you don't have a bottomless source of taxpayer money you can't afford to be slow.

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    the_elon Elon Musk Ws SpaceX Crew Dragon, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ¦… America's ONLY spacecraft capable of carrying people πŸ¦…πŸ’ͺ
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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 66%

    That hasn't launched crew yet so not in its operational phase.

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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 33%

    Saturn V was cancelled many many years ago. Falcon 9 is the only currently capable vehicle.

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  • the_elon Elon Musk Ws Doing what everyone (even NASA!) considered impossible
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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 16%

    Idk I'm just a space nerd but it seems to have worked very well for rocketry. Is there any rocket that's better than falcon or Starship?

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  • the_elon Elon Musk Ws Doing what everyone (even NASA!) considered impossible
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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 14%

    You seem to have fallen for misinformation. Eric Berger, an accredited journalist, wrote a book on the early days of SpaceX. It's called "Liftoff" and I recommend you educate yourself instead of trusting random internet strangers.

    Multiple key employees of SpaceX have repeatedly proclaimed that Musk is indeed the chief engineer and has an active role in the company. I also think it's interesting to draw parallells to other similar space startups such as Blue Origin, Armadillo Aerospace, Rocket Lab. What made SpaceX successful while they failed? It is not money because Bezos has plenty of that.

    If you want hear more about Elon and engineering I can recommend the interviews and corresponding starbase tour with "The Everyday Astronaut". There are many hours Elon talking rocketry and explaining how it works in depth.

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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 11%

    NASA chose SpaceX for their moon lander so there is still hope πŸ˜ƒ They will make a strong team πŸ’ͺ

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  • the_elon
    Elon Musk Ws golden_retriever β€’ 1 year ago β€’ 6%
    SpaceX Crew Dragon, πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ¦… America's ONLY spacecraft capable of carrying people πŸ¦…πŸ’ͺ

    Meanwhile the Russians can enjoy their shitty cramped Soyuz🀣

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    the_elon
    Elon Musk Ws golden_retriever β€’ 1 year ago β€’ 6%
    Did you know that Raptor V3, with a thrust of 269 tons, has the highest thrust to weight ratio of any engine ever?

    And soon all that power will take us to the moon once again πŸš€

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    the_elon Elon Musk Ws some Superheros don't wear capes!
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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 66%

    I am NOT gsa. This is slander

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  • the_elon
    Elon Musk Ws golden_retriever β€’ 1 year ago β€’ 7%
    Doing what everyone (even NASA!) considered impossible

    Falcon 9/Heavy is such a game changer for the space industry. Don't even get me started on Starship 😍

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    the_elon Elon Musk Ws FUCK YOU ELON!
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  • golden_retriever golden_retriever 1 year ago β€’ 14%

    Most intelligent Elon hater

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  • the_elon
    Elon Musk Ws golden_retriever β€’ 1 year ago β€’ 16%
    SpaceX outclasses every launch provider in the world combined

    It's insane how Elon has normalized landing an orbital booster more than once per week.

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