(October 7, 2024 at 3:25 pm)AFTT47 Wrote: The difference is that the testing is usually done on hardware in a much more mature state. How many other aerospace companies do you see launch rockets with an estimated success rate of just 50%? Where they're happy if the thing just makes it off the pad before it explodes?
NASA, Redstone and Mercury.
The problem with SpaceX is Musk's ego getting in the way of smart decisions. It's going to get people killed and will likely set back space tourism and exploration by a decade or two. You can almost hear the iceberg coming out of the dark.
