Do we apply a bar this high for any other company/job/business? Saving gov/tax m... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

usef- 3 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and ...

Do we apply a bar this high for any other company/job/business? Saving gov/tax money aka "billing NASA 1/20th what SLS does" doesn't count as worth it to you?

Reusing rockets reliably rather than "throwing them away" is a great achievement and I'm surprised people have to justify it on HN

mandeepj 3 months ago [–]

> Reusing rockets reliably rather than "throwing them away" is a great achievement and I'm surprised people have to justify it on HN

You can milk a cow only a set number of times!

usef- 3 months ago | [–]

Yes, because you're not designing the cow. Progress on rocketry (and reusability) is not completed, btw, there's a lot still to improve.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact