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Posted by tipper 2013-05-12 12:38|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Instapropagandist slobbers incessantly over elon musk. We are told he's "privatizing" rocket launches while he rakes in boocoo taxpayer bucks. It does warm the heart a wee bit to see this crowd moving in different directions...

Posted by M. Murcek 2013-05-12 14:45|| 2013-05-12 14:45|| Front Page Top

#2 Well, even Ayn Rand had her little flaws...

Posted by Pappy 2013-05-12 17:36|| 2013-05-12 17:36|| Front Page Top

#3 Actually, I support the "outsourcing" to SpaceX, the main difference between him and the traditional aerospace contractors is that he's launching for a price per launch instead of the customized cost-plus contractors building stuff to NASA spec for roughly ten times the amount per launch.

From Wikipedia:

When all design and maintenance costs are taken into account, the final cost of the Space Shuttle program, averaged over all missions and adjusted for inflation, was estimated to come out to $1.5 billion per launch, or $60,000/kg to LEO.[5]

Falcon 9 costs $ 4,000.00/kg to LEO according to wikipedia.

NASA told us this was physically impossible in spite of it being only slightly less than the Russians accomplish with the Proton which is manufactured with SOVIET 1960's technology.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-05-12 18:23|| 2013-05-12 18:23|| Front Page Top

#4 I'm being generous in defending him, IMHO... he _does_ seem inclined to believe the same sort of half-truths and lies other people tell about him when it's directed at the industry I've been in for the past thirty years.

WRT SpaceX, it is the truth... even if he personally doesn't deserve it.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2013-05-12 18:27|| 2013-05-12 18:27|| Front Page Top

#5 On Tuesday, a coalition of liberal groups including MoveOn.org, the Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters and Progressives United said it was suspending paid advertising on Facebook for at least two weeks.

It's nice to hear it said outlout, even if it's just on Front Page Mag.

Posted by Secret Master 2013-05-12 19:30|| 2013-05-12 19:30|| Front Page Top

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