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

(arstechnica.com)
24 points TMWNN | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 21:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.446s | 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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1. Veserv ◴[21 Nov 24 00:54 UTC] No.42199905[source]▶
He knowingly sells fatally defective products that he misrepresents with a reckless disregard for the truth at the cost of killing his customers and members of the public.

He has resisted all calls to rectify obvious and public fatal design defects since they would harm his profits.

He has a pattern of abusing the legal system and the natural extensions of the “benefit of the doubt” to shield him and his companies from their responsibilities.

For all of this, he has been richly rewarded and made the richest person in the world, yet demands the lowest level of scrutiny. He is a role model and a blueprint showing that the path to riches is lying your ass off and killing your customers for a profit as long as you can spin it as “for the greater good”.