FuckMusk

227 readers

146 users here now

This is a community designed to enjoy the extended downfall of Elon Musk.

founded 2 months ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

693

so much more expensive for the tax payer too (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

63 comments fedilink hide all child comments

https://mastodon.art/@Nick_Stevens_graphics/114585035922537349

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The Saturn V didn't have near as much existing knowledge to build off of, and doing what it did with the technology available at the time was absolutely incredible.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago

The manufacturing of rockets out of stainless steel also does not have much existing knowledge behind it. Nor does landing a rocket booster or first stage back on earth. Or staging a rocket this large and reusable.

What the engineers at SpaceX are pulling off on a regular basis is crazy. Having a reusable rocket system of this kind and size was unthinkable at many points in history. Just a shame their work gets overshadowed by a guy who takes all the credit while doing almost none of the work.