On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 17:29:54 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On Thu, 1 Jun 2017 04:14:40 -0000 (UTC), Bill
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On Wed, 31 May 2017 19:33:33 -0400, Poco Deplorevole
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The Stratolaunch:


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That's incredible. It's good that we have guys like Paul Allen and
Elon Musk thinking out of the box and capable of funding their own R&D
for this kind of project.




Elon is highly funded by the taxpayers. Of his 3 businesses, all depend on
huge subsidies. Solar, Tesla, and Space X. Space X, has crap testing,
documentation, and a lock because they are the only US company.

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Did you forget about Boeing and Lockheed-Martin?

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They at least test and document. My son in law works on GPS satellites.
Says they have had problems with Space X because of not testing welds and
components. One of the crashes was when the poor weld holding a pressure
tank in position failed.

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I think they learn quickly from their mistakes. It's impressive to me
how far they've come in a relatively short time. Watching their spent
booster stages retro fire and land upright is a thing of beauty, and a
reminder of how far rocket technology has advanced in our lifetime.

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