• vrojak@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It’s great to see a group of people this unified to reach a common goal, maybe they could try forming a union next?

    • MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      The DoD isn’t that daft, and given russias brain drain even if he defected he wouldn’t be able to find anyone to actually do the engineering.

      • intensely_human@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Oh boy here we go. Is the latest insanity that he’s going to defect to Russia now? Anybody want to place a wager?

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      1 year ago

      My understanding is, with their iterative approach, the fact that the last one spiralled uncontrollably doesn’t mean it was a total waste. They got a lot of good data from that and it will apply to future designs.

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        Starship is so fuckig sick, i really hope we Nationalize SpaceX if Elon keeps going off the rails.