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Despite problems, SpaceX genuinely has an incredibly successful rocket with the Falcon 9, and an incredibly successful crew capsule with Dragon.

All other companies are either lagging behind trying to get to SpaceX's level, or are desperately pretending the industry hasn't changed.

Can only fit so many capsules lol

Elon was always insane lol
He screamed "f*** it burns! At a hotel breakfast twenty years ago cause he couldn't figure out how to cook a pop tart.

Part of the reason for SpaceX's success though has been him taking the negative attention for risky but successful decisions, especially rocket reuse.

I recommend you read Eric Berger's books Liftoff and Re-entry. They're an in-depth look at the history of SpaceX. Besides being very interesting they do provide an interest look at who Elon is. I think that he genuinely cared then about this.
Not sure now.

Sadly most of the good spaceflight servers are paywalled. The one I'm most active in is Everyday Astronaut's server, but really then only for big launch livestreams and such.

I'm sorry friend, but I just - I'm not sure that you understand the situation.
I've been following spaceflight news for about 15 years - the reason why we don't have a lander isn't cause of SpaceX, it's because congress never committed to giving the Space Launch System an actual mission.

Well I will counter that on reddit, you try to share something about SpaceX, even something that is a simple neutral fact (this SpaceX thing is happening soon) and your post will get removed or downvoted to oblivion.

It is very hard to have a sensible discussion anywhere but discord it feels like.

I don't understand what you mean by that, but alright.

It is a tough thing. I had a family member who worked at SpaceX (now works at Stoke) and so I have a bit more insight into the actual people there. I want to celebrate them and their efforts, but yeah, Elon just - it doesn't even feel like he cares about the past ideals of SpaceX anymore.

okay?
I'm not really sure what point you're making.

There is also of course, the matter that having any civil, reasonable discussion about SpaceX here is, well, let's say difficult. Twitter again is pretty bad for tribalism but there are still places I can find with reasonable people.

I still barely understand how to navigate this maze of a site.

I tire of how awful twitter has become. I want to be able to talk about spaceflight stuff without all that around.

But I checked here again, and it still just feels so empty. So do I want to live in a town with crap everywhere, but tons of people, or live in a clean ghost town?

It's rough.

I'm still shocked no one has made a Mir horror game

Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.

Fifteen Years

xkcd.com/3172/

Habitat module on top of a lunar lander, sitting on the surface of the moon. Earth hangs above the horizon in the distance

NASA's First Lunar Outpost at lunar morning. The pressurized element is derived from Space Station Freedom's laboratory/habitat modules. In the distance, a set of deployable experiment packages have been set up for astronomical and geological observations

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🙏Soon we'll finally be able to launch the Tritium rocket🙏

Considering how stupid many AI are now I'm curious how they'd be affected by being shipped off to Jupiter 🤔

In a stunning comeback, Jared Isaacman is renominated to lead NASA “I will do everything I can to live up to those expectations.”…

I'm really impressed that Jared finally pulled it off and is back in the running as NASA admin. There are reasonable questions about how he'd be as an admin, but I think we can all agree, it's better than folding NASA into the department of transportation. 🙃

arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...

It's a great classic space film

The fact that all I see scrolling the space feeds on bluesky is stuff like an ad referring to the Orion spacecraft as a "satellite" and depicting it with laser solar panels should tell you all you need to know about the space "community" on this website.

Me smiling and standing in front of the Europa Clipper launch and KSC Visitor Complex signs.

Europa Clipper launching on the rocket

I CANT BELIEVE ITS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE MY FAVORITE SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED 🥹

europa clipper is well on its way to jupiter and i can’t wait to see what we learn about this incredible ocean world. i love being a part of something so special!!! 🌌🛰️❄️

Nah I don't think that's really good for anyone's mental health lol

look you can hate musk for other reasons but this whole article is riddled with biased language, bad sources. incredibly bad hit piece right from the get go.

that dude Loverro mentioned 7 times in this piece is corrupt.

here's a point by point rebuttal by a former NASA guy.
x.com/CJHandmer/st...

Huh. I wonder if that's why I'm seeing virtually no anti-starship posts here despite actively looking for them.

Twitter really sucks but it's better than whatever this place is. This place at the best of times feels like a dadgum ghost town where you scream out into the wind hoping for a response.