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Ol Janx Spirit

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4. To make progress you can't be afraid to fail. I will give them a lot of credit for this...

Tue May 27, 2025, 10:43 PM

May 27

I feel like Boeing was afraid to fail in public and that came back to bite them in a very public way. SpaceX is not actually FEloon. It is a collection of engineers working on some of the most challenging projects in history, and they have managed to overcome so many obstacles thus far. It is unfortunate that he is the face of their work, but it is this work that will create the breakthroughs that will carry humanity forward. I would love for it to be NASA or Boeing, but we are where we are...

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SpaceX's Starship Spins Out of Control and Burns Up After Reaching Space [View all] Eugene May 27 OP

If only Musk was aboard.... How do we get him on one of these things? Blue Owl May 27 #1

0 for 2 tyrants WhiteTara May 27 #2

Now that djt is back in the Oval Office,... magicarpet May 27 #3

To make progress you can't be afraid to fail. I will give them a lot of credit for this... Ol Janx Spirit May 27 #4

Photo of it spinning.............. riversedge May 27 #5

God don't like ugly Prairie Gates May 27 #6

Message from the intelligent aliens: Tell Elon to clean up his space junk! jls4561 May 27 #7

Snorf! Bayard May 27 #8

hey Elon: any REAL leader would do this: ret5hd May 27 #9

If it was an unmanned flight, then fuck that guy LearnedHand May 28 #10

Glad we're not paying for that! dchill May 28 #11

Starship is supposed to land NASA astronauts on the moon. NASA has paid $3 billion in a fixed-price contract. Eugene May 28 #12

Baby steps Elon Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 28 #13

G.O.P.ers are flagrantly incompetent BoRaGard May 28 #14