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To: Hojczyk

Whatever technology SpaceX has developed to land those booster rockets should never be shared with anyone, outside of the USA.

The ability to land the boosters and reuse them, saves an incredible amount of money, the technology must be fairly difficult to reproduce since no other company or nation that launches rockets has been able to duplicate it.


2 posted on 06/15/2023 1:30:21 PM PDT by srmanuel
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To: srmanuel

China is working on this in a fanatical fashion. They desperately desire this technology, and their own testing has yet to succeed. I suppose they will eventually figure this out, or outright steal it.

There are many reasons that China fawns over Musk when he visits. China will either steal that tech, or buy it if their own efforts continue to underwhelm.


4 posted on 06/15/2023 1:35:21 PM PDT by Pox (Eff You China. Buy American!)
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To: srmanuel

#2 The clintons and bidens and Loral company would sell it to our enemies in a heartbeat.


12 posted on 06/15/2023 2:15:31 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (Need more money to buy everything now)
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To: srmanuel

SpaceX is launching, and almost always recovering, an orbital launch at a rate faster than once per week.

NOBODY else comes anywhere close to their operational tempo.


13 posted on 06/15/2023 2:16:45 PM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: srmanuel
The ability to land the boosters and reuse them,

On a barge at sea, no less. Amazing!!

To me, this is more entertaining than the lift off and space station docking.

18 posted on 06/15/2023 3:54:54 PM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: srmanuel

Whatever technology SpaceX has developed to land those booster rockets should never be shared with anyone, outside of the USA.


If Bubba were President, the chinks would already have it.


19 posted on 06/15/2023 3:59:16 PM PDT by nesnah (Infringe - act so as to limit or undermine [something]; encroach on)
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