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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down2·1 year agoBecause Von Braun came up with the concept of the reusable rocket in the 50s?
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·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 Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, because Von Braun’s idea wasn’t funded. It would have worked had it been funded. That’s the whole point.
minus-squareComment105@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·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 came up with the concept of the reusable rocket in the 50s?
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.