• Draces@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    They put a Tesla in orbit. If he trusted them and wasn’t spineless he absolutely would

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      He might believe he’s burned too many bridges with apaceX engineers and launch techs. If he was on board, one of them might take an opportunity…

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      That was marketing. The alternative would have been a generic mass simulator, basically just a large block of metal.

      The car gets headlines and people remember it. You obviously did.

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          10 hours ago

          That particular mission did not have a return module. The car is still up there somewhere. To anticipate the next comment yes I know it would still be an improvement.