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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CommentsSpaceX Crew Dragon, 🇺🇸🦅 America's ONLY spacecraft capable of carrying people 🦅💪
Meanwhile the Russians can enjoy their shitty cramped Soyuz🤣
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Comments9Did 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 🚀
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CommentsDoing 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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Comments8SpaceX 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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"If I were to own Twitter, it would be geared towards the middle 80% of the population, so technically the far left and far right would probably be dissatisfied" - Elon Musk
But I thought lemmings told me Elon was a fascist. If Elon was a fascist, why would he cater to centrists?
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Comments2FACT: Operating Starlink in Ukraine costs Elon $100 million [1]. FACT: The USGOV only gave SpaceX $3 million for equipment sent to Ukraine [2].
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5327292
The fact is that Elon, one man, has done more to support Ukraine in the fight against Putin than most countries on earth.
In fact even if Ukrainians weren't receiving it for free Elon would still deserve credit FOR CREATING Starlink in the first place. Thereby allowing Ukrainians to have critical infrastructure in wartime.
The Russians would be parading Zelenskyy’s corpse through the streets of Kiev, if not for Elon’s help.
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