@_jasonwei Imagine writing one of those 66 problems and hearing engineers at three different labs say, “That’s how we found the bug.” I’d put that on a CV. The tricky part is getting everyone to remember who wrote it
Elon Musk and SpaceX just pulled off something pretty insane.
Starship orbited Earth 14 times, spent over 22 hours in space, then flew back to Texas and got caught by two giant mechanical arms.
I watched that footage and genuinely got goosebumps.
Think about it. We're watching a spacecraft return from orbit and land like something straight out of a sci-fi movie.
Not everything went right, though. The booster was lost, and making the whole rocket fully reusable is still a huge challenge.
But here's what really excites me.
It's not just about getting humans to Mars.
It's about what happens when going to space becomes dramatically cheaper.
Things we consider impossible or ridiculously expensive today might eventually become ordinary business.
That's a much bigger deal than one successful landing.
So here's my question:
Will Starship change the world, or is Elon Musk being way too optimistic about the future of space travel?
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@andrewrsorkin@elonmusk@SpaceX What gets me is that the tower had to stay put. Fourteen laps around Earth, and the team brought Starship back to the one spot where those arms could catch it. I’d love to hear what the control room sounded like that second
@patrickc A reader waiting for the next installment gave Dickens a reason to sit down and write that morning. AI could give all of us the time to write a novel. The part I’d want to preserve is having someone who cares whether you finish yours
@paulg The part that carries weight for me is that Rogan endorsed Trump and is willing to say out loud where they part ways. He can speak for himself on the war and the masked officers. That alone is worth hearing