Everywhere I go to read about space or computers, the words "Musk" or "Space-X" dominate headlines. So boring. If you want such news without Musk domination, it becomes Seattle-centric. https://www.geekwire.com/
That's what happens when you're having the most success and launching 90% of weight to orbit for the US. I truly wish there was legit competition. I'd love to read about more than just an Elon Musk company making big advances.
You're falling for the media blitz giving 90% of the articles to Musk. It's a media rookie trap, similar to a new NBA fan thinking that the Lakers are the end-all and be-all. It takes a few years of reading to separate your mind from the media's ruling paradigm. There are reusable rockets and electric cars, other than Musk's, from both the U.S. and China. Example: This week, 2 rocket launches are planned, the size of a Saturn 5. The Space-X launch is getting all the publicity. But Blue Origin will launch, too. The media embargoes news from Seattle's Blue Origin. Launch windows may change: 1/9 10:00pm-1:45am PT Blue Origin https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=61459.msg2653303#msg2653303 1/10-1/16 2:00-3:38pm PT Space-X, except 1/11 5:00-6:38am PT https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=61946.msg2652882#msg2652882
Musk received 2024 Rusty Razor "award" from the British Question, Explore, Discover conference as " most prolific spreader of pseudoscience".
I am just as aware of the Blue Origin launch as the SpaceX launch. The media can't really embargo Blue origin news... Bezos literally owns a wing of the media... Blue origin has been far less productive and is capable of far less. Despite starting two years before SpaceX. And both companies are owned by billionaire douchebags. Regardless of who owns them, I will be excited to see the advances they are able to make. I love the idea of O'Neill cylinders, which seems to be a bigger goal of Bezos. Though, I'm sure both are targeting asteroid mining. Which is super exciting. I sincerely hope that we have good enough employee protections to prevent these oligarchs from abusing the people who are doing all the work.
We should set laws up that prevent the means from being bad. I'm not going to hope for us to never make an advancement because people could be harmed. People get hurt driving every day. There is an element of risk in everything. I believe firmly in setting up systems to reduce those risks and punish people who break the rules. And I'll continue pushing for those things. And I'll continue cheering human technological advancement.
