maxjam

Ahhh, you can't be amazed at the achievements of SpaceX without being an Elon fanboi?
Sounds dumb.

They may not be catching the attention of the media now-a-days but SpaceX continues to launch rockets into space on a regular basis - this was from a little earlier today;
And I still think these are CGI as I'm still not sure how you can land a cylinder upright!!! 
Despite the laughs and giggles from those that hope Musk fails at everything he touches, SpaceX are actually doing a damn good job right now.  This year they launched approx 80% of all material into space.  Next year it will launch approx 90% of the worlds payload into space.  Not bad for a company for a company that came from nowhere to dominate the industry in a short period of time after suffering numerous rapid unscheduled disassemblies before finally 'learning to fly'. 
https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/09/spacex-broke-its-record-for-number-of-launches-in-a-year/
Personally, I think you'd be foolish to back against SpaceX making the rocket that gets human to both the Moon and Mars.  NASA seem to think they are capable, they are scheduled to use the final version of the Starship and have awarded SpaceX the $3bn moon lander contract. 
 

Because of the damage to the launchpad after the first test flight, and the snail's pace of the regulators unable to keep up with SpaceX's improvements, it took 7 months between flight 1 and 2. Elon confirms that the flight hardware (basically another Starship mated with another SuperHeavy booster) can be ready in 3-4 weeks, for the third test flight.
However, they obviously want to know what caused the issue with the booster return (likely too much fuel sloshing due to the deceleration caused by Starship igniting its engines above it) and what caused the triggering of the self-destruct of Starship very near the end of its engine burn - and to implement changes to stop either happening again. So I'm thinking late January/early February for flight 3. 
 

I would pay good money to place anti Musk people in the next rocket, with a live beam back of their little faces enjoying the ride. 😀

Well there are about 20k highly qualified Americans desperate for the opportunity.
https://www.nasa.gov/general/astronaut-requirements/
I'd guess the ESA and SpaceX have similar requirements.
For me it boils down to exploration, discovery and human advancement.  Why else did people sail over the horizon all those years ago?

Witnessing a launch in person is on my bucket list.
 

Yep, another 'good day at the office'.
And even when things go a bit awry, it still looks spectacular!
 

Exciting stuff, everything seemed to go well 🙂
 
 

Exactly. As it happens I've just signed up an author who is undoubtedly the world's leading expert on Martian colonies, for a book to publish next year. I might trust his expertise a little more than the sad haters on here. What SpaceX has achieved is extraordinary - it would be, even without Starship, but to have the entire ethos of your company built around colonizing Mars rather than on making money (hence it remains the world's most valuable private company rather than risk shareholders derail the vision) has allowed them to turn marshland in Texas into the world's most advanced spaceship-yard in the course of only a few years. And to be on course for lowering the cost of flying a person to Mars from around $50 billion per astronaut, to about $500,000 per astronaut. That's reducing it by a factor of 100,000. And once Humanity has one bridgehead elsewhere in the solar system, the move elsewhere becomes much easier.
For instance, because of Earth's much deeper gravitational well, asteroid mining will be driven from Mars, so in time there will be a virtuous economic triangle between Earth, Mars and the asteroid belt. It's wonderful to see this future begin to unfold before our eyes. I loved this image from the SpaceX tracking cameras that already shows how far we've come:

An oxymoron followed by a a childish comment followed by a claim of anyone following the amazing achievements of Space X is some sort of Elon fan boi/cult member/doesn't understand science/gullible.
Completely laughable and embarrassing. Let's stick to posting in other threads so you don't ruin this one?

Yup, its not worth engaging the obvious trolls, they have got the twitter thread to poke needles in their Elon Musk doll.
The next 10 years are going to be really interesting what with NASA and SpaceX both seemingly having the Moon and Mars in their sights.  I had only just been born the last time we went to the moon, seeing people walk on the Moon and potentially Mars is something I've been waiting for my whole life.
 

Yeah I forgot to thank @ramit, he posted another Why Files video a while back.  I enjoyed that and ended up watching most of the videos on the channel.  The guy does a good job of describing a mystery (and who doesn't enjoy a good mystery!) Then ends with a bunch of facts or opposing views to bring balance or debunk the claims.  Its one of the better channels of its ilk on youtube.

Except, that isn't at all what the lawsuit is about and you well know it. 

Yeah I forgot to thank @ramit, he posted another Why Files video a while back.  I enjoyed that and ended up watching most of the videos on the channel.  The guy does a good job of describing a mystery (and who doesn't enjoy a good mystery!) Then ends with a bunch of facts or opposing views to bring balance or debunk the claims.  Its one of the better channels of its ilk on youtube.

I did enjoy! And was somewhat surprised when one of my authors made a cameo appearance. Cheers!

Enjoy
 

Yup, its not worth engaging the obvious trolls, they have got the twitter thread to poke needles in their Elon Musk doll.
The next 10 years are going to be really interesting what with NASA and SpaceX both seemingly having the Moon and Mars in their sights.  I had only just been born the last time we went to the moon, seeing people walk on the Moon and potentially Mars is something I've been waiting for my whole life.
 

Yup, its not worth engaging the obvious trolls, they have got the twitter thread to poke needles in their Elon Musk doll.
The next 10 years are going to be really interesting what with NASA and SpaceX both seemingly having the Moon and Mars in their sights.  I had only just been born the last time we went to the moon, seeing people walk on the Moon and potentially Mars is something I've been waiting for my whole life.
 

Yup, its not worth engaging the obvious trolls, they have got the twitter thread to poke needles in their Elon Musk doll.
The next 10 years are going to be really interesting what with NASA and SpaceX both seemingly having the Moon and Mars in their sights.  I had only just been born the last time we went to the moon, seeing people walk on the Moon and potentially Mars is something I've been waiting for my whole life.
 

I would advise to ignore the politically motivated anti Musk brigade. 
Just concentrate on the technical achievements of SpaceX over the years which is more enjoyable and interesting. 
 

Good, I'm happy for you 😛 

Good, I'm happy for you 😛 

Good, I'm happy for you 😛 

I don’t mean to show off but… ✅