[avmich]

As an example, Masten Space was created after SpaceX, but the ideas "build a little, test a little" predates both of these companies.

SpaceX has built on top of lots of existing ideas - commerce instead of government services, simplicity instead of performance, vertical integration instead of spreading orders, testing philosophy, re-use...

[kuu]

> SpaceX has built on top of lots of existing ideas

Everything is built on top of lots existing ideas, nothing is created in vacuum.

[nindalf]

avmich mentioned it because otherwise there would be a pedant asking “why are you implying that SpaceX invented these ideas?”