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8 points by jc_811 288 days ago

timschmidt 288 days ago |

This is "performative skepticism" with a dose of negativity bias and argument from incredulity.

"Performative skepticism is a rhetorical strategy that mimics scientific skepticism but is used to protect certain beliefs from critical examination. It often undermines evidence-based knowledge"

https://ojs.bilpub.com/index.php/prr/article/view/455

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negativity_bias

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_incredulity

atonse 288 days ago |

I had a hard time taking this person seriously after the first couple of juvenile sentences.

Is this a thoughtful analysis or “I hate Elon so will dunk on SpaceX” type essay?

rkagerer 288 days ago |

> the bellyflop manoeuvre is a no-go

Is there any truth to this?

emmelaich 288 days ago |

Yet two days after this post, Starship delivered astronauts to the ISS. Seemed to work ok.

rkomorn 288 days ago | |

Starship did? You'll find many people very surprised by this bit of information.

Edit (to be a little more useful): did you mean Crew Dragon?

https://www.space.com/space-exploration/human-spaceflight/wa...

bediger4000 288 days ago | |

No. That was a Falcon 9. Starship is a completely different rocket and has never made orbit.

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4121368/air-...

dannyfreeman 288 days ago | |

Starship isn't rated for human spaceflight

pstuart 288 days ago | | |

But isn't that the goal? Regardless, the TFA posits that it's physically impossible to do what he promised to do. I'm not a rocket scientist but I got the gist of the problem (reentry is a bitch).

I'm a geek who's long been fascinated by space exploration and way back when, I drank the Elon koolaid. Knowing what he does with with his wealth puts me in the unfortunate position of cheering his failures. It sucks, but he's a threat and should not be further empowered.