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SpaceX just got what it wanted from the FAA for Texas Starship launches

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24 points TMWNN | 5 comments | 20 Nov 24 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pkaye ◴[20 Nov 24 22:50 UTC] No.42198959[source]▶
My guess its because SpaceX is the best chance to complete the moon missions. Its space race time (with China) so time to streamline the regulations.
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skissane ◴[20 Nov 24 23:04 UTC] No.42199065[source]▶
I think the FAA can see the writing on the wall – with Musk being so closely linked to the President-elect, come January 20 there is going to be a lot of pressure on them from the White House if they aren't keeping SpaceX happy. So might as well get ahead of the pressure and make them happy now.
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ericmcer ◴[20 Nov 24 23:37 UTC] No.42199314[source]▶
Why do people hate Elon so much? If the government is gonna be in bed with any capitalist I am ok with it being the guy who has repeatedly almost destroyed his personal fortune trying to build rocket ships, electric cars, WiFi satellites, and other push the envelope type stuff. I find it hard to believe he is selfishly motivated because he could have just sat on his billions and accrued more money/power instead of taking wild risks to do new things.

Beats being in bed with bankers, pharmaceutical companies, arms dealers and people selling our personal data.

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ilaksh ◴[20 Nov 24 23:43 UTC] No.42199364[source]▶
I think it's 90+% political. The right and left are at war. It's beyond any real civility -- anything short of actual physical violence is fair game. This doesn't leave room for a lot of nuanced views of different political figures.
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1. nrb ◴[21 Nov 24 00:40 UTC] No.42199808{3}[source]▶
> It's beyond any real civility -- anything short of actual physical violence is fair game.

I think that's sort of the problem, the person we're discussing is a significant purveyor of that sort of incivility. When someone chooses to play in the mud like that it should not come as a surprise that people respond with distain.

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2. ilaksh ◴[21 Nov 24 01:34 UTC] No.42200145[source]▶
But he didn't choose any more than a soldier chooses to bring a gun to the battlefield. It's not a few guys in one party. The whole thing is covered in mud.
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3. wilg ◴[21 Nov 24 01:57 UTC] No.42200293[source]▶
Ridiculous. He's not a random guy, he's a major MAGA political player now. You will find that Democrats do not like most major MAGA figures. Works similarly the other way around.
4. nrb ◴[21 Nov 24 03:51 UTC] No.42200921[source]▶
He can't choose not to be a troll and memelord? To level baseless accusations against people he disagrees with, like "pedo guy", etc? This started long before his alignment with the current political movement.
5. antifa ◴[21 Nov 24 11:58 UTC] No.42203442[source]▶
He was literally cool-scifi-ceo to everyone but the most fridge of leftists until he bought Twitter.