Moon Base 13, The Moon: NASA Is In Kinga Forrester's Pocket

[Byrthnoth]

If we can have a moment to talk about Elon Musk, the guy is much better at building his own brand and doing promotion for his companies than science.

He might not be bad at science, but he is a savant when it comes to making people believe he is the infallible science Jesus with #blessed ideas.

Unfortunately, that also means he is one major gaff away from killing all the moonshots he is currently incubating.

[Andalusian girls]

in ol Musky's defense while he is certainly a master of public relations he's never claimed to be a trained scientist or someone at the forefront of scientific achievement. i think Musk has always seen himself, and usually presented himself, as an agent of progressive disruption utilizing monetized technological advancement to revolutionize stagnant industries that he considers of global concern.

crazy how a genius billionaire motivated by passion rather than capitalism do that. is that what you mean to say? sounds like it is what you mean to say. Glad we were able to figure out what you meant to say.

right the gifted and successful businessman whose entire life has been oriented to being a man of business effectively running his business is the agent of capitalism that is presently shaming national space programs. honestly i'm not sure what twisted logic you were trying to interpose to suggest Musk wasn't really a product of the private sector. i'll grant you he is certainly an atypical product.

[tyven]

in ol Musky's defense while he is certainly a master of public relations he's never claimed to be a trained scientist or someone at the forefront of scientific achievement. i think Musk has always seen himself, and usually presented himself, as an agent of progressive disruption utilizing monetized technological advancement to revolutionize stagnant industries that he considers of global concern.



right the gifted and successful businessman whose entire life has been oriented to being a man of business effectively running his business is the agent of capitalism that is presently shaming national space programs. honestly i'm not sure what twisted logic you were trying to interpose to suggest Musk wasn't really a product of the private sector. i'll grant you he is certainly an atypical product.

do you see how we both arrived at the same point? crazy world we live in

[BerenTebogo]

But can Capitalism see why kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?

[EternityEnd]

yeah, that's why it has like 20g of sugar.

[Salodin]

yeah, that's why it has like 20g of sugar.

i died

[Jaybar]

SpaceX launched the OTV-5 (X37-B) this morning with a successful pad landing.

Video of landing

[Zetanio]

So much fun to watch these.

[archibaldcrane]

That's an unmanned US military space "airplane" - it can stay up in low earth orbit for 2 years before landing, doing research, intelligence collection, etc.

[TsingTao]

Damn, I knew they got the contract but forgot to keep track of the launch. Hurray for another success!

One day I hope they declassify these X37 missions. I'd love to know for sure what they're doing for those long stretches in orbit.

[Buffy]

Check in 75 years, lol

[archibaldcrane]

This video rules - all the failed landing attempts of the Falcon 9:

https://twitter.com/SpaceX/status/908429916663832576

[Salodin]

Thanks for that, it was great lol.

[Jaybar]

My heartstrings



Also:
https://twitter.com/CassiniSaturn/st...61097837641729

[Jaybar]

Elon Musk was a part of an AMA on r/space over the weekend about the Big Fucking Rocket [BFR]. You can view it here. I haven't tl:dr it yet sorry.

[TsingTao]

SpaceX launch this afternoon, Korean comsat going up at 3:34pm EDT. Everyone be sure to watch SpaceX make the impossible look mundane again.

[Yuri-G]

in ol Musky's defense while he is certainly a master of public relations he's never claimed to be a trained scientist or someone at the forefront of scientific achievement. i think Musk has always seen himself, and usually presented himself, as an agent of progressive disruption utilizing monetized technological advancement to revolutionize stagnant industries that he considers of global concern.



right the gifted and successful businessman whose entire life has been oriented to being a man of business effectively running his business is the agent of capitalism that is presently shaming national space programs. honestly i'm not sure what twisted logic you were trying to interpose to suggest Musk wasn't really a product of the private sector. i'll grant you he is certainly an atypical product.

...and thus was Elon Musk ruined for me forever :/

[thetruepandagod]

...and thus was Elon Musk ruined for me forever :/

[Yuri-G]

failed joke that now I will only associate him with Muskiness


seriously tho, ol' Musky is such a terrible/wonderful nickname for him

[thetruepandagod]

I thought a gay man would appreciate a man's musk more than most.