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Originally Posted by cockerpunk
its not a super amazing achievement, JPL has been landing rockets like this since the early 1990s. so elon is 30 years late, and billions underwater.
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This is definitely something new to me. I live 2 miles from JPL, and frequently get tours from a high school friend who is an engineer there. What is the name of the program, I would love to read about it.
Regardless, Space X, under Musk’s leadership, has ensured the US remain a leader in space exploration. Without SpaceX we had no way to get to the ISS. We paid Russia 75 million per astronaut for a round trip.
Billions underwater? He created the Falcons and Raptors with far less resources than legacy spacecraft manufacturer Boeing.
Is it possible some political bias is seeping into your opinion of these remarkable SpaceX achievements?