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Actually, anytime is a good time to slag Jeff Bezos.
I have to admit his little rocket is cute and it performs well... it just doesn't reach orbit. And for all those newscasters who snickered over it's phallic shape, where have you guys been the past few years? He's been launching that puppy for a while now. It maybe penis shaped but it doesn't... reach altitude.
Now Jeffy's having a tantrum because NASA - with it's limited budget - picked SpaceX over Blue Origin to go to the moon. He's sending his lawyers to do battle with the organization he wants to suck money... er, work with to send people back to the moon.
Honey, you don't need the money. You just bought a yacht to ferry your skinny butt to your super yacht. If you wanted the moon so badly you should have bought more rocket things and fewer boats. I mean, why else would you have employees so busy they're pissing into bottles if you weren't serious about this rocket stuff?
For all of Elon Musk's goofiness (Boring Company? Hyperloop? Starship to Earth? Come on.) his rockets *fly to orbit*. He delivers *tons* to orbit. He's deliver *people* to the ISS. With limited bucks why would NASA bet on someone who *can't deliver* - no matter how cute your er... rocket is.
You want the moon so badly? Sell your yachts, fire your lawyers, tighten your belt and go build rockets. No bucks, no Buck Rogers. Elon was willing to go broke for it. Are you?
-m
I have to admit his little rocket is cute and it performs well... it just doesn't reach orbit. And for all those newscasters who snickered over it's phallic shape, where have you guys been the past few years? He's been launching that puppy for a while now. It maybe penis shaped but it doesn't... reach altitude.
Now Jeffy's having a tantrum because NASA - with it's limited budget - picked SpaceX over Blue Origin to go to the moon. He's sending his lawyers to do battle with the organization he wants to suck money... er, work with to send people back to the moon.
Honey, you don't need the money. You just bought a yacht to ferry your skinny butt to your super yacht. If you wanted the moon so badly you should have bought more rocket things and fewer boats. I mean, why else would you have employees so busy they're pissing into bottles if you weren't serious about this rocket stuff?
For all of Elon Musk's goofiness (Boring Company? Hyperloop? Starship to Earth? Come on.) his rockets *fly to orbit*. He delivers *tons* to orbit. He's deliver *people* to the ISS. With limited bucks why would NASA bet on someone who *can't deliver* - no matter how cute your er... rocket is.
You want the moon so badly? Sell your yachts, fire your lawyers, tighten your belt and go build rockets. No bucks, no Buck Rogers. Elon was willing to go broke for it. Are you?
-m
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Say what you like about Elon, but he does deliver on his promises. He said he was going to build the biggest rocket ever, and make it reusable so it's the cheapest rocket ever... and he wasn't kidding. That beast can deliver 100 tons to obit, for sub $2 million. Which is like a tenth of the cost and ten times the mass of the best NASA can do.
Personally, I think Bezos has ambitions of turning the Moon into his own personal fiefdom. While Elon has his sights set on Mars & beyond exclusively...