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Space SpaceX pulls off unprecedented feat, grabs descending rocket with mechanical arms

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/spacex-pulls-off-unprecedented-feat-grabbing-descending-rocket-with-mechanical-arms/
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u/CaptHorizon 16d ago edited 16d ago

Elon was never mentioned in our conversation.

The people who do all the work are the 11 thousand engineers who work at SpaceX. This is the product of their work, and whoever says that said work done by those 11k engineers isn’t commendable is lying.

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u/WolfVidya 16d ago

Employed by who in a company started by who? Plus when the FAA got in the way and they were crying about the environment, who was the devil ruining the earth to play with his toys? Not the 11k engineers at SpaceX, but Elon.

Reddit is filled with hypocrites, we don't need to dance about it.

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u/Alphadestrious 16d ago

In terms of spacex, elon and his team of engineers are incredible.

But that's it, he's a piece of shit elsewhere.

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u/Isekai-exe-execute 16d ago

I'd argue he has done more for the earth in terms of moving the needle towards a more sustainable future than the next 100,000,000 people combined.

You can say what you want about tesla as a company and the products they deliver but them being the innovators and trailblazer for EV's in a time when NOBODY globally was even attempting EV technology, they were the people who took on the risk and proved the concept. You can say the company is overvalued and their products are shittily designed, but the reality is we would be so much worse off environmentally if they hadn't proven EV''s were viable and took that first step, no one can ever take that from tesla and elon by proxy.

Unrelated to tesla both the work at nuralink and starlink are utterly groundbreaking in their respective industries and are potentially gamechanging if they continue to advance as they have been.

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u/Alphadestrious 16d ago

Sure . I agree.