Cross posted from https://thelemmy.club/post/50046871

After spending $7 million on restoring a launchpad at the Vandenberg Spaceport, USAF never actually let them use it. Instead of sitting on their hands while waiting for infinite amounts of government paperwork and delays they took charge. In just a few months a new launch site was constructed entirely from scratch in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

When you don't have a bottomless source of taxpayer money you can't afford to be slow.

Meanwhile the Russians can enjoy their shitty cramped Soyuz🤣

And soon all that power will take us to the moon once again 🚀

Falcon 9/Heavy is such a game changer for the space industry. Don't even get me started on Starship 😍

It's insane how Elon has normalized landing an orbital booster more than once per week.

Websocket???

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/5327292

The fact is that Elon, one man, has done more to support Ukraine in the fight against Putin than most countries on earth.

In fact even if Ukrainians weren't receiving it for free Elon would still deserve credit FOR CREATING Starlink in the first place. Thereby allowing Ukrainians to have critical infrastructure in wartime.

The Russians would be parading Zelenskyy’s corpse through the streets of Kiev, if not for Elon’s help.

Sources:

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/08/us-quietly-paying-millions-send-starlink-terminals-ukraine-contrary-spacexs-claims/

[2] https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-says-starlink-ukraine-cost-spacex-100-million-dollars-2022-10

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