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    3 days ago

    I’m pretty sure by his estimate we were supposed to have megastructures by now.

    This exactly. Musk has been talking ginormic shit for decades, and delivered peanuts. Destroying the USA in the process.

    How good is the re-usability even going? That’s the only plus I see wrt SpaceX.

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      2 days ago

      The re-useability is also mainly a marketing point. It sounds cool on paper but SpaceX only reduces the cost by 10% discount when utilizing old boosters. The usefulness of cost savings is overblown.

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        The usefulness … is overblown.

        Ain’t that the truth for everything E Musk produces.
        And it could be so great, done properly.
        He’s giving electric cars and reusable rockets a bad rep actually.