/sci/ - Science & Math

>>14657395
1/2

>>12805056
Yeah well if we could get congress to approve a comprehensive mission program using multiple launch vehicles and pursuing multiple exploration and expansionist goals I would shit myself in joy

>>12795017

>>12777962
ahem

>>12520346
>>12520339
yes you're supposed to post this pic too

>>12509512
>>12509514
>>12509520

>be rocket engineer

Work for national agency
>paid to study hypothetical manned flag planting mission
>only allowed to reuse and upgrade 80yrs oldspace design
>no unproven newspace technology allowed to be tested
>have to wear cap made of red tape
>every few years your budget and design goal reset
>do mission-critical R&D side-project that will never be used
>people call you a tax-thief with a cushy-job

Work for private company
>paid to build a mars-rocket right now is it done yet?
>free hands to try any imaginable new engine and concept
>no uncool technology allowed to be tested
>green paper fall from the sky
>subsidies money keep coming no matter how much explode
>get all mission-critical R&D for free from national agency
>people glorify the CEO who hired you to make gravity his bitch

>be rocket engineer

Work for national agency
>paid to study hypothetical manned flag planting mission doable in 4yrs
>only allowed to upgrade 80yrs oldspace design
>no unproven newspace technology allowed to be tested
>have to wear cap made of red tape
>every 4yrs your budget and design goal reset
>do mission-critical R&D side-project that will never be used
>people call you a tax-thief with a cushy-job

Work for private company
>paid to build a mars-rocket right now is it done yet?
>free hands to try any imaginable new concept
>no uncool technology allowed to be tested
>green paper fall from the sky
>subsidies money keep coming no matter how much explode
>get all mission-critical R&D for free from national agency
>people glorify the CEO who pay you minimum wage to make gravity his bitch

>be rocket engineer

Work for national agency
>paid to develop a manned flag planting mission
>only allowed to upgrade 80yrs oldspace design
>no unproven technology allowed to be tested
>every 4yrs your budget and design goal reset
>do critical R&D side-project that will never be used

Work for private company
>paid to fucking colonize mars
>free hand to try any feasible new concept
>no uncool technology allowed to be tested
>subsidies money keep coming no matter what
>get all critical R&D for free from national agency

been quite fascinating watching all the SLS 'megarocket' optics/damage control through the media over the past 3 weeks.

>>12334572
Why would I want to be retweeted by idiotic fanboys? If I tweeted that in Muskland they would blow a casket or Elon will call me pedophile.

>>12290507

>>12036659
>SLS was designed to lift employment.
That's a really funny way to say it, made worse in that it is true.
Blame the US government for being nothing than a lobbyist meeting group.

>>12036662
Every technology SLS use are old technologies so they can keep the same factories (and job) going without having to invest and take risk.
Anyone who suggest change is shown the way out by the lobbyist who feel his job threatened.

I consider national space agency to be the only way to get useful things done, but the US have been such a failure, the EU can't compete, Russia can't afford change, China shouldn't bring change, India are too young...
...at least SpaceX will show that you can still achieve engineering breakthrough if you care to try new idea.

Shit, I'm ranting again.

>>12029243
>They don't understand that you need a dedicated, driven person to inspire other people to work hard.
[rant]
Elon is not very close of that and he does take credit, he isn't too stupid to forget to congratulate the team for PR but as the CEO and thanks to many other factors anything SpaceX become his doing.
Even among his fan he is disliked for blurting stupid things at the wrong times (remember the pedo submarine thing?), plus other shitty decision or things like not caring for covid. He was removed from TESLA as CEO and thanks to that it's finally turning a profit.
You could replace him by anyone taking responsibility for putting money in these engineers work. Because unlike what some shills think he is neither a Tony Stark nor a good manager.

It's annoying how normies have been brainwashed into thinking that being rich mean you are an Ubermensch unless proven otherwise.
[/rant]

Don't get me wrong. Oldspace, redtape, corruption and NASA being nothing more than lobbies handjobs for PR stunt is far worse.
But Elon is a liability that is keeping down what SpaceX could be doing. They would certainly have the Normies more exited if instead of a madman promoting another Marsbase some other PR guy was promoting space project that are just as shiny but actually feasible.

>>11952501
>Quality memes
This

>>11644597

>>11367660
depends on if you're throwing them away

>>11328403
I just realized Zoey from L4D was in the left render. Also realized there's no guys wtf

>>11320639

>>11203071
SLS
>will probably only fly twice due to its expensive consumption of material
>expended components fall in the ocean and corrode
>only a handful of people will applaud it
Starship + superheavy
>fully recyclable
>will only need to be refurbished after a handful of flights
>could actually aid in the construction of huge ass space stations with autonomous fairing based models
>steel from the prototypes are reused for cybertrucks
>will rally up many people (largely redditfags, i will admit)

We all agree which ship's the worst though

Made this for the shits and giggles