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Step 1. Fire Boeing.
Step 2. Fucking FUND NASA.
Step 3. NASA builds space stuff that works.
They tried being more actively involved with the Aries I and Aries V rockets, but they got really bogged down to the point where Obama started commercial crew. Aries V eventually evolved into SLS, but with low capability and a very long schedule. And for better or for worse, SLS is getting lots of funding.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares_I https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial_Crew_Program
I’ve worked for several aerospace companies including Boeing. I have nothing but contempt and hatred for Boeing and couldn’t get out of there fast enough. Management is garbage, safety comes second to schedule, people are treated like disposable cogs, but I would trust Boeing over NASA. I work with a lot of NASA and ex-NASA people right now on a couple major projects. Dear god NASA upper management makes me want to put my head through a wall! The insufferable sense of superiority trying to tell us “how things are done”. Bro, how is SLS coming? That’s what I thought, shut your mouth and stop pretending like you are the Apple of space systems. Luckily, most of the ground level people at NASA are more down to earth (pardon the puns) and easier to work with.
NASA contracting stuff to space X has probably be the most amazing and sound financial decision they have made.
People on this website are so biased because Elon runs it but he genuinely built one of the most amazing companies in the world. Government including the US are miles behind them and struggling to play catch up and they are only trying because Space X has become so much better than them they have to.
Elon didn't build it. They literally have a manager whose entire job is to make sure Elon doesn't get too close to the technical stuff because he'll break it with some random order to change it for no reason
Ah yes, the CCM: "CEO Childcare Manager"
I read quite a bit about how spacex was formed, including the book that obviously will tell the hero tales of Elon. But I've never seen any mention of this and would like to learn more. Would you be able to share a link?
No it was the engineers not Elon who built Space X up.
It's arguably not even him that it really running it
Seems like he's more involved with starship now than falcon or dragon.
Don't care. He built the company, he's the face of it. People hate the company and live in a dreamland where it's failing because they want what Elon owns to be shit.
It isn't and they are wrong because they can't see past their bias.
Space x doesn't work thanks to Musk. It works DESPITE him, and it requires careful management.
Good story
This is all irrelevant to the point I was making which is about people thinking Spacex is a terrible company due to bias.
No more. No less.
Yes, Musk has made people hate anything he's involved in, or that enriches him. It's only natural; Actions have consequences. He's a severely mentally ill billionaire, increasingly detached from reality. And now his politics and disinformation are a danger to millions of people. If SpaceX or Tesla wants to feel the love, they know what to do. Until then, I can only assume they accept the consequences.
I'm not sure how peoples delusions are a logical outcome.
If I don't like America that doesn't mean it suddenly isn't the richest country in the world just because I don't like it.
People really need to understand their bias, wanting SpaceX to be shit doesn't make it so. That's what we are talking about. Nothing else. SpaceX rockets aren't powered on feels.
You keep bringing up people wanting spacex to be shit but I don't think that's a prevailing sentiment
I have definitely seen that. You see it more on the tests of Starship. Even when it is successful and goes better than expected. Because it blows up a lot of people are laughing at how bad the company is.
From what I see Gwynne Shotwell is the one that's really doing the heavy lifting in the company.
Seriously what is going on here?
Okay? If that is or isn't correct what did I say that was wrong?
Are you saying. People think Spacex is a failing company (when it isn't) because of Shotwell?
I haven't said anything about it being a failing company, I'm just introducing some much needed information because of how much glazing I've noticed.
Glazing for what? How?
You don't seem to understand how spaceX works, so your assertions ignore those internals and paint the wrong picture.
They're just adding context. Calm down you have a real victim complex going on, and it's boring.
It's not context because it's irrelevant to the point at hand. It's an adjacent point but it isn't related.
I'm talking about people perception of SpaceX. The actual inner workings of the company is an irrelevant point.
You can practically hear him flop sweating and hyperventilating.
It's not a complex, he's reacting to the downvotes (that do seem unfair).
Lol you were downvoted, fuck these people. They're children.
Step 4. NASA builds planes that work (on the side).
If BASA build aircraft they would have to throw it all away at the end of the flight.
Need better funding but they absolutely shouldn't be building spacecraft, they are too scared of getting yelled at to innovate, and innovation is required.
Their idea of building a new rocket is by reusing as much of the 1970's shuttle tech as they can.
And reusing the tech, but not the hardware. NASA are throwing four RS-25 shuttle engines (some of which flew multiple shuttle missions) into the ocean with every SLS launch.
Well... except for those times it didn't.
Id argue that nasa is responsible for more deaths than the privately owned companies attempting the same thing.
s/Fire/Nationalize/
YES
We need to support and upgrade sls
Do we? It's already years behind schedule, billions over budget, and doesn't really have a use beyond Artemis. Also, the Exploration Upper Stage (one of the major planned upgrades) is being developed by... Boeing.