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by mgarfias 1090 days ago
Nah, Nikola tesla was working with something unknown and strange at the time. There wasn’t a hundred years worth of engineering work behind the field.

SpaceX’s “new thing” was recovering the first stage, which made subsequent launches cheaper.

We have a LOT of engineering experience behind carbon fiber structures. Sometimes, you listen.

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Musk wasn't the one to propose VTVL for SpaceX, he originally wanted parachutes.