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computerex 13 hours ago

SpaceX’s track record is too fetishized by the Musk fanboys. Falcon 9 has some weird Demi god status even though the launch vehicle is no different than the competitor like Soyuz.

pieix 12 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I might have missed it, but I’ve never seen a Soyuz booster fly twice, let alone 25 times.

blendergeek 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Part of why it has "weird Demi god status" is that it is not only so reliable but also so cheap. Soyuz is not reusable. Falcon 9 is. That is why Falcon 9 is so celebrated. No other rocket company or state-sponsored space agency comes close to its track record of cheap, reliable, reusable rockets.

TrapLord_Rhodo 13 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Soyuz? an expendable rocket with 40% less payload capacity? How is that a competitor to falcon 9? More like a competitor to rocketlab's current generation.

marknutter 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's been so weird to see people say willfully ignorant shit just because they don't like Elon Musk.

inglor_cz 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

"though the launch vehicle is no different than the competitor like Soyuz"

That is ... so obviously and blatantly untrue. That is like saying that an old wooden biplane from 1917 is not different from Boeing 777.