> you’ll never start a rocket company
> you’ll never build your own engines
> you’ll never be able to use off-the-shelf parts
> you’ll never survive three launch failures
> you’ll never reach orbit
> you’ll never win NASA’s trust
> you’ll never launch cargo to the ISS
> you’ll never compete with Boeing
> you’ll never compete with Lockheed
> you’ll never make rockets reusable
> you’ll never land a rocket vertically
> you’ll never land one on a drone ship
> you’ll never reuse a booster
> you’ll never fly the same booster 10 times
> you’ll never fly the same booster 20 times
> you’ll never fly the same booster 30 times
> you’ll never recover and reuse the fairing
> you’ll never lower launch costs
> you’ll never launch every month
> you’ll never launch every week
> you’ll never launch multiple times a week
> you’ll never carry astronauts
> you’ll never replace Roscosmos
> you’ll never fly civilians to orbit
> you’ll never manufacture satellites at scale
> you’ll never build the biggest constellation ever
> you’ll never make satellite internet work
> you’ll never make satellite internet fast
> you’ll never make satellite internet affordable
> you’ll never serve rural customers
> you’ll never serve aircraft and ships
> you’ll never build a methane rocket engine
> you’ll never make full-flow staged combustion work
> you’ll never build the most powerful rocket ever
> you’ll never build a rocket bigger than Saturn V
> you’ll never build it out of stainless steel
> you’ll never launch Starship
> you’ll never separate Super Heavy and Starship
> you’ll never relight Raptor in space
> you’ll never bring Super Heavy back
> you’ll never catch a booster with Mechazilla tower arms
> you’ll never launch 85% of mass to orbit worldwide
> you’ll never change the economics of space
> you’ll never force the entire industry to copy you
> you’ll never win
> you’ll never IPO
Congratulations to @elonmusk and the SpaceX team. You did what countless people said was impossible, and you did it time and time again.
Today is your day. You deserve this. May it be a glorious one.
Ryder Robinson and Luke Anderson.
@BYUBaseball’s middle infield is so dang good.
Watch this ridiculous range, scoop, throw, and turn to keep the run from scoring.
Incredible.
@chipperwhatcott@CShaw5457@ute111111 A made-up, unrelated statistic plus an implied opinion..
Not the most compelling argument.
Go out and look at FrontRunner tomorrow at 8:30am, then turn around and look at I-15.. then tell me if Utahns prefer public transportation.
@chipperwhatcott@CShaw5457@ute111111 Buses and trains reduce traffic—when people actually use them.
I fixed it for you.
People here don’t want public transportation. It’s a waste of our money.
@chipperwhatcott@CShaw5457@ute111111 Go look at the FrontRunner today. Go look at buses around the valley.
Hundreds of thousands of Utahns will sit in traffic rather than having to ride public transportation.
BYU with $28M more revenue than Utah while receiving a half share from the Big 12. This number increases by at least $20M next year when BYU gets a full share for the first time.
Hard agree.
Our kids only do screens 20-30 minutes per week as a family, or on flights longer than 4 hrs.
We’ve gone on multiple 18-hour road trips without screens as well.
Play the long game. It pays off.
One thing we accidentally learned is that never introducing screens (or having them exist strictly in special circumstances, like long haul flights) basically solves this.
Every time screen time creeps in, like when one of the kids is sick, it’s always a bit of a fight to dial back down. I can’t imagine trying to cut back once it’s a big part of their lives.
It seems like never starting down the path and adding friction everywhere (for us this means not having a TV, just a difficult to use projector with no screen) is the move.
An huge benefit is that the kids join us out at dinner all the time and they can just chill / draw / talk with us without much issue (obviously sometimes they’re fidgety etc but it’s mostly totally fine).