Anon. I feel like I need to put into perspective what you’re looking at here.
This skyscraper just came screaming back into Earth’s atmosphere at ~26,000 km/h, streaming live video all the way, and soft-landed on the opposite side of the planet with pinpoint accuracy. A drone overhead and naval assets were a stones throw away capturing different angles.
It’s easy to get numb to this because it’s SpaceX. But the level of capability, resourcefulness, and execution they’ve built is honestly hard to wrap your head around.
Way way beyond even the world’s most well resourced nation states. “Great powers” couldn’t do this even if they wanted to.
14 YEARS AGO, ELON MUSK FOUGHT BACK TEARS ON CAMERA WHEN TOLD HIS CHILDHOOD HEROES HAD TESTIFIED AGAINST SPACEX
Neil Armstrong and Gene Cernan, two of the most decorated astronauts in American history, had opposed commercial spaceflight before Congress.
His response in the 2012 interview:
"Those guys are heroes of mine, so it's really tough. I wish they would come and visit and see the hardware that we're doing here. I think that would change their mind."
Asked what he was trying to prove:
"What I'm trying to do is make a significant difference in spaceflight, and help make spaceflight accessible to almost anyone. I would hope for as much support in that direction as we can receive."
Today, SpaceX $SPCX went public in the largest IPO in history, and made him the world's first trillionaire.
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