@USAONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 1 year agoElon Musk’s Shadow Rule, Told Pentagon He Spoke to Putin Directlywww.newyorker.comexternal-linkmessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1437file-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zonenewsdom@kbin.socialnews@lemmy.worldspacex@sh.itjust.worksnews@lemmy.worldhakendran@feddit.detechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1437external-linkElon Musk’s Shadow Rule, Told Pentagon He Spoke to Putin Directlywww.newyorker.com@USAONE@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world • 1 year agomessage-square71fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: 196@lemmy.blahaj.zonenewsdom@kbin.socialnews@lemmy.worldspacex@sh.itjust.worksnews@lemmy.worldhakendran@feddit.detechnology@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-square@Comment105@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•edit-21 year agoBecause Von Braun’s contribution was small in comparison to what SpaceX R&D contributed. But that seems lost on you, it was certainly not obvious to you.
minus-squareFlying Squidlinkfedilink2•1 year agoYes, because Von Braun’s idea wasn’t funded. It would have worked had it been funded. That’s the whole point.
minus-square@Comment105@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoToo bad he didn’t have a rich asshole without a clue about engineering to accidentally stumble upon him and his work then.
Because Von Braun’s contribution was small in comparison to what SpaceX R&D contributed.
But that seems lost on you, it was certainly not obvious to you.
Yes, because Von Braun’s idea wasn’t funded. It would have worked had it been funded. That’s the whole point.
Too bad he didn’t have a rich asshole without a clue about engineering to accidentally stumble upon him and his work then.