Preparations are under way for a rocket test flight in Norway that could make history and give Europe greater independence from the market leader in orbital launches, the United States.
Isar Aerospace says it is planning to launch on 24 March between 12.30pm and 3.30pm CET, weather permitting.
I mean true, but putting it in state hands encourages stagnation and will eventually leave you unable to compete globally. Also if someone tries to do stupid shit like Elon you can just nationalize the company or enforce some other harsh consequence. He does shit like this because he knows nobody can punish him.
but putting it in state hands encourages stagnation and will eventually leave you unable to compete globally.
NASA sent people to the moon in the seventies. SpaceX must be happy if their rocket gets into low earth orbit without falling apart.
It’s a widespread myth that capitalism is best at innovation. Quite the contrary is true. Most (real) innovations get developed with public resources in public institutions and private companies then take it and commercialize on it.
The internet, the touchscreen, computers, heck even AI, all developed with public money.
Also if someone tries to do stupid shit like Elon you can just nationalize the company or enforce some other harsh consequence.
And as we see it doesn’t and will never happen in our current system.
He does shit like this because he knows nobody can punish him.
And that’s the reason why no unelected individual should have control over so many resources which usually only countries have.
NASA sent people to the moon in the seventies. SpaceX must be happy if their rocket gets into low earth orbit without falling apart.
Okay I’m all for Musk hate but there’s a reason SpaceX came to prominence and it’s not because their rockets are always falling apart. Hell, the whole reason we’re now talking about a European space industry is because of Starlink, so clearly capitalism was able to innovate that. Europe is now realizing it’s falling behind because they have nothing to compete with SpaceX.
It’s a widespread myth that capitalism is best at innovation. Quite the contrary is true. Most (real) innovations get developed with public resources in public institutions and private companies then take it and commercialize on it.
It’s a myth that capitalism has a monopoly on innovation, but it’s also a myth that capitalism can’t innovate. Public institutions and universities usually make the big breakthroughs, but the commercialization is also important. Taking something from a proof of concept in a lab into factories all over the world and then continuously improving it is innovation. Governments around the world made the computer, but it was Steve Jobs who put it in people’s homes.
And as we see it doesn’t and will never happen in our current system.
That seems more of a problem with lack of spine than anything else.
SpaceX came to prominence and it’s not because their rockets are always falling apart.
Ok, please tell me one thing they did to advance space exploration. And please don’t say reusable rockets that bring down costs, because this is still a pipe dream.
Hell, the whole reason we’re now talking about a European space industry is because of Starlink, so clearly capitalism was able to innovate that.
We already had satellite internet long before Starlink. In fact, Starlink is a bad idea if you consider astronomy and space exploration.
https://www.space.com/satellite-megaconstellations-spacex-starlink-interference-astronomy
The only reason Starlink was created is that Elon wanted to play online games while on some island and didn’t get the latency down for it to work well. (Source: my dog)
Jokes aside, why do you need ultra-high-speed internet always and everywhere? For emergencies or normal usage, it definitely doesn’t matter if a request takes 10ms or 250ms.
Taking something from a proof of concept in a lab into factories all over the world and then continuously improving it is innovation.
But does it need private institutions for that? Innovation, at least in my opinion, means making possible something we previously thought was impossible. Production and distribution aren’t.
If something is truly wanted or needed, people will manufacture and distribute it easily without the need for private corporations to tell us what we need.
continuously improving
If you think that money is the driving factor, how would you explain the entire open-source ecosystem?
That seems more of a problem with lack of spine than anything else.
Huh? Of whom? The billionaire-sponsored politicians?
