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[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Good job SpaceTwitter! This is way more efficient than launching it first!

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 2 points 2 hours ago

And probably better for the environment, unless it was full of fuel already

[–] lemmyseizethemeans@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 hours ago

The womp womp icon on my soundbar is task frozen after repeated clicks

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 30 points 8 hours ago (3 children)

but the prototype suffered significant damage.

More like "was blown to pieces and whatever remained burned in fire"

In the long term, SpaceX plans to send 1,000–2,000 ships to Mars every two years

For comparison, ever since Gagarin flight in 1961, there was 398 crewed launches into space.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 1 points 50 minutes ago

Right, I make that (using the lowest figure) over 40 launches per month, every month for the 2 years. Anyone who thinks that is plausible is a tad optimistic.

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 13 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Their lies rely on people not realizing they are lies.

[–] shath@hexbear.net 5 points 4 hours ago

it's predicated on the fact that if people believe it line go up so people believe

[–] Ragnor@feddit.dk 5 points 4 hours ago

That is 6.2 per year on average.

[–] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 17 points 7 hours ago

SPACE TOURISM

[–] mehdi_benadel@lemmy.balamb.fr 12 points 7 hours ago

Physics has had enough of those nazis