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escapedfromthecrypt t1_j5y6tka wrote

Reply to comment by 0pimo in SpaceX completes major Starship test in prep for rocket’s first orbital launch attempt - Starship prototype 24, stacked on Super Heavy booster prototype 7, was fueled up at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas in a test known as a “wet dress rehearsal.” by Gagarin1961

Bezos has the skills. He should move BO to Washington and drive the work on a day to day basis himself.

If he was the motive factor SpaceX would be bankrupt today

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DBDude t1_j5yxe5d wrote

I doubt it. Bezos built BO as a standard rocket company with standard development procedures -- money heavy but hardware poor. Do all the design up front, make it perfect, so you know nearly 100% that it will work. This did make it easy for him to hire some of the best in the business, but it's also a very slow and restricted development method. There's nothing to learn from in this process, only putting your ideas to paper, and eventually into hardware.

Musk drew from his software development days and made it hardware rich. Build, test, evaluate, wash, rinse repeat. See what works in real life, see what doesn't, and change accordingly. This is why we saw so many rapid unscheduled disassemblies. But it's also why SpaceX advanced so quickly.

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