• MisterMoo@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Their CEO is a terminally online white nationalist anti-Semite who supports the overthrow of American democracy. I’ll be rooting against them and enjoying their every setback until that changes.

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        2 months ago

        Forget that the work the company is doing is actually interesting, challenging, and bettering the world. Focus on Elon, just how he wants it.

      • leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
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        2 months ago

        If I’m not mistaken SpaceX actually has mechanisms in place to prevent Elon from directly meddling too much in the engineering decisions.

        They’re the reason SpaceX’s products mostly work as intended, unlike Tesla’s, Xitter’s, or The Boring Company’s.

        Elon being distracted with Xitter and politics and whatnot probably also helps.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        2 months ago

        I’m sure SpaceX could land on the moon, there just isn’t an economic incentive to do that. NASA had a ton of failed launches before that happened, as well as several afterward. SpaceX’s record has been phenomenal.

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            2 months ago

            Sure, and they’re making good progress and seem to be on-track. I don’t see any reason to think NASA is “superior” or whatever just because they landed on the moon ages ago, the only reason SpaceX seems to be doing this is because NASA has made it a priority (i.e. an economic incentive).

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            2 months ago

            More specifically SpaceX got a contract to bulls the moon lander for NASA.

            So SpaceX is going to land in the moon.