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Originally Posted by tadd
Its just shame that is what was put up (the car).
I would rather have seen Musk offer free spots to space for university or high school satellites. Some sort of contest. Maybe with cost matching to build.
That would have been cool.
As for spaceX, they are at the spot in time where everything can come together. Private companies do that well. The raw science and innovation... not so much.
SpaceX hasn't invented what has got them to here. Just the glue (software) to hold it all together. Somebody else has done the engineering on the pieces in the past.
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Imagine, 1 ton of scientific equipment orbiting between Earth and Mars. Instead, we have a publicity stunt. With Elon Musk, I am not surprised.