Anonymous at Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:30:13 UTC No. 16446041

>>16446003
the landing tower is just much safer, the rocket just plops in place and can take some strain and once the rocket is catch, it stays catch. Its not going to fall from the tower

Anonymous at Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:37:32 UTC No. 16446044

I think they're using the chopsticks so they don't have to go with crazy materials for the landing pad or having to do concrete work after every other landing.
Thats just the case for the starship because it's so heavy.

Anonymous at Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:38:45 UTC No. 16446045

>>16446003
The spinning teacups is still a better carnival ride. Cheaper too.

Anonymous at Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:41:08 UTC No. 16446049

>>16446003
SpaceX: Musk's BWC
Blue Origin: Bezos' tiny chode

Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 01:11:24 UTC No. 16446606

>>16446041
>>16446044
Do the chopsticks have padding on them or there is no worry of them damaging the ship or any possible padding would burn?

Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 01:25:16 UTC No. 16446625

>>16446003
That capsule looks like it took a pretty hard landing.

🗑️ Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:24:49 UTC No. 16447727

Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:47:17 UTC No. 16447760

>>16446003
That's not the point. Everything Musk does is bold if not brazen, elegant, and out of the box. Even if it's just for the heck of it. He wanted the chopsticks and he's done it! Match that, bitches.

Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 19:49:24 UTC No. 16447763

>>16447727
so he timed the launch to announce his endorsement shortly after? i don't think he carries any weight compared to musk since most people have never heard of him. they be like bezos who?

Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:54:36 UTC No. 16447836

>>16446606
Not padding but the portion of the ship that sits on the chopsticks is just plain metal protrusions on the side of the ship. There's not much to be damaged. Maybe after several hundred landings there would be enough gouges and scrapes on the protrusions that they'd need to be replaced. There might be some kind of dampening system in the chopsticks/tower but that's not the same thing as padding.

Anonymous at Thu, 24 Oct 2024 20:57:09 UTC No. 16447840

>>16447727
The election is less than two weeks away. Who would an endorsement by Bezos or his Washington Post mouthpiece convince to change their vote?

🗑️ Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 01:23:53 UTC No. 16448153

>>16447840
The Washington Post influences extremely large numbers of people in Northern Virginia, which is where nearly all the Democrat votes in Virginia come from. All of the federal workers who choose to live in Virginia instead of DC or Maryland because Virginia has lower taxes and fewer negroes are strongly swayed by anything and everything published in The Washington Post, particularly in Fairfax County, which is the wealthiest county in the USA as well as the 2nd most populous. If Virginia's electoral votes go to Donald Trump it will largely be because Bezos instructed the Washington Post not to endorse his opponent.

Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:03:41 UTC No. 16448222

>>16448153
Who cares about VA. Trump is slated to win PA, GA, AZ, and maybe WI and MI.

🗑️ Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:19:25 UTC No. 16448374

>>16448222
sure, but the federal government doesn't live in PA, GA, AZ, or WI and MI, it lives in Virginia. the people who live in Virginia are the ones who call places like PA, GA, AZ, and WI and MI 'flyover states'

Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:30:33 UTC No. 16448388

>>16446003
The point of doing it how SpaceX does it is it's cheaper. The landing gear doesn't need to be launched up with the ship.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1845832529112097016

Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:33:15 UTC No. 16448394

>>16448153
Who the hell is out there thinking of voting for Trump who would change his mind if only the CIA Post endorsed Kamala? Like, literally just describe this fictional creature to me.

>Virginia
If she's worried about Virginia it's hoever already and the only question is how much she loses by.

>>16448374
So if she loses Virginia the feds aren't allowed to run info ops against conservatives anymore?

Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:38:56 UTC No. 16448404

>stupid man thinks he can persuade more people by being even more shrill and biased than he already is
>smart man understands that the illusion of impartial objectivity is what gives the media its influence in the first place

🗑️ Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:21:34 UTC No. 16449198

>>16448394
>If she's worried about Virginia it's hoever already and the only question is how much she loses by.
she isn't the only one on the ballot

Anonymous at Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:49:08 UTC No. 16449311

>>16448374
So a person living say in Richmond, VA looks down on "flyover states"? That would be hilarious.

Anonymous at Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:26:20 UTC No. 16449782

>>16449311
Richmond, VA is extremely wealthy and snobby, it is the capital of Virginia and all of the state income taxes from the massive amount of federal government employees living in northern Virginia get paid to and spent in Richmond. The average income in northern Virginia is higher than anywhere else in the country, by a good margin & Richmond knows how to skim the maximum amount of that they can without making it less expensive to live in Maryland or DC.

Anonymous at Sat, 26 Oct 2024 01:53:44 UTC No. 16449934

>>16449782
really? interesting. i thought they were a bunch of hillbillies. you know the kind who sing "rich men north of richmond" in a jelly way. i lived in northern VA suburbs for several years but never been to proper VA.

Anonymous at Sat, 26 Oct 2024 02:04:54 UTC No. 16449943

>>16446606
>>16447836
There does appear to be some padding on the grabbers, as well as the metal strakes on the booster

Anonymous at Sat, 26 Oct 2024 03:00:58 UTC No. 16449982

lol based bezos.
reddit is absolutely SEETHING
this is priceless.
the timing couldn't better.
non-stop seething for the next 4 years