…why? The vast vast majority don’t.
The guy who owns it is a piece of shit, but they absolutely are crushing it in the launch business.
Comment on FAA grounds SpaceX after rocket falls over in flames.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
i’d be more shocked if a spacex launch didn’t end in flames.
ripcord@lemmy.world 5 months ago
essteeyou@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I don’t think anyone has a better record of landing their rockets.
MisterMoo@lemmy.world 5 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.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 5 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 5 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.
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
think nasa does since they actually landed on the moon.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 5 months ago
NASA landed a lunar module on the moon, not the rocket stage.
mods_mum@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Yeah, I think Katy is a bit confused about what she actually wanted to say :D
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 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.
GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
…SpaceX is part of the program to get back to the moon.