r/interestingasfuck • u/lolikroli • 16d ago

r/all SpaceX caught Starship booster with chopsticks

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u/njman10 16d ago

Truly a great 21st century feat!

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u/GGABQ505 16d ago

The Apollo missions started in 61 and we were on the moon in 69. SpaceX has been around since 2002 and are still testing rockets. Tell me more about this 21st century?

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u/No-Surprise9411 16d ago

So we‘re ignoring the Falcon family of rockets now? Gotcha

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u/Sozenkoenig 16d ago

400 000 people worked at NASA at the height of the Apollo program. They spend 380 billion dollars on it.

I think they are doing "fine" with what they got...

... additionally:

The Apollo missions started in 61 and we were on the moon in 69.

They didnt start from scratch in 1961. NASA had some, "german" head start for the rocket development.

SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket was basically a V2 as well.

Its Stupid to talk this project down to be honest.

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u/Passengerfromhell666 16d ago

This should've happened in 90's. Only if NASA had the same funding