USAONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoElon Musk’s Shadow Rule, Told Pentagon He Spoke to Putin Directlywww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zonenews@lemmy.worldspacex@sh.itjust.worksnews@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
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minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year agoYou strike me as an academic that struggles to appreciate the value of applied physics and engineering.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·1 year agoBecause Von Braun came up with the concept of the reusable rocket in the 50s?
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·edit-21 year agoBecause Von Braun’s contribution was small in comparison to what SpaceX R&D contributed. But that seems lost on you, it was certainly not obvious to you.
You strike me as an academic that struggles to appreciate the value of applied physics and engineering.
Because Von Braun came up with the concept of the reusable rocket in the 50s?
Because he’s a dickhead
Because Von Braun’s contribution was small in comparison to what SpaceX R&D contributed.
But that seems lost on you, it was certainly not obvious to you.