• JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year 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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      1 year 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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            1 year 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. That would seem to eliminate the possibility of invention in rocketry due to the clause of your own ingenuity, etc. What’s the cutoff for invention vs refinement?

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                  1 year 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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                    1 year ago

                    Is it an elon lie that SpaceX has incredibly effective cheap reusability in their rockets? That seems pretty well established at this point.

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                  1 year 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.