• evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world
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      16 days ago

      You ever wonder why the other billionaires with space companies have actually flown on their companies vehicles and he hasn’t?

      I bet he doesn’t let his car autopilot him either.

      • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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        16 days ago

        To be fair, SpaceX isn’t selling amusement park ride tickets on suborbital flights to the highest bidders like those competitors are. They aren’t really comparable.

      • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        16 days ago

        The man-rated Falcon 9 is good enough for NASA. NASA does not have low standards on these sorts of things.

        Honestly, SpaceX is the only one of those that is doing actual work. Most of the others aren’t much more than tourist rides at this point.