• Dr. Dabbles@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Creating isn’t inventing, and there’s wasn’t the first to be flown. Man, the SpaceX fans don’t really know the history of the industry they make these claims about.

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      10 months ago

      You referring to the DC-X subscale tech demonstrator?

      I think inventing is a less well defined term, since anyone with a napkin can claim to invent something to a very low fidelity. The details are the hard part, not the idea itself. So that’s why I specified created, since that is inventing to a very high level of fidelity.

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        10 months ago

        There’s several other examples. I also don’t think inventing is an ill-defined term. That’s an absurd thing to even say.

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              10 months ago

              So it needs to be created in real life, rather than just a drawing or design? Or does creating it only as a design without building it count?

              Also, all technology is built on previous work, especially rocketry. What’s the cutoff for invention vs refinement?

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                    10 months ago

                    Sure repeating his lies well for someone pretending not to like him. Maybe have a few moments of critical thoughts about the marketing BS you believe and who created it?

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                    10 months ago

                    I bet you like him because he makes you feel like you can be a low effort, low knowledge person and still pretend to know what you’re talking about. SUPER popular with fans of his. Especially fans that think being a fan of his companies makes them an expert in a certain field even though actual experts laugh at the nonsense they repeat to one another.

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        10 months ago

        I’ve had experience with Musk Fans in the past. They all read from the same script, including the “I don’t even like Musk” lie.