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Yes. SpaceX has done bad things and deserves to be criticized for them. But (and I think this is analogous to a lot of issues) the problem here isn’t that SpaceX isn’t NASA; it’s that NASA doesn’t have the political room to experiment and inevitably sometimes fail that SpaceX does. This is too complex an issue to fit all the layers and nuance into one honk, but “SpaceX is bad because their rockets explode” is not a good analysis. https://chaos.social/@russss/110249195107310284
chaos.socialRuss Garrett (@russss@chaos.social)As someone who follows space closer than most, I feel kind of a Gell-Mann Amnesia effect with this SpaceX thing. People whose opinions I trust repeating rubbish about it just to dunk on Musk.
Don't get me wrong, I am far from a Musk fanboy and there is *plenty* to criticise about SpaceX. But they got where they are today by embracing failure and sometimes blowing a few things up in the process. They've already proven that it's a lot cheaper than trying to get things perfect first time.
@sliabh@mastodon.ie@vruba it's the peril of the "Failure is not an option" mindset. It can be inspiring, but it's also a set of handcuffs...