They may not have the same accomplishments as NASA, but they're far from a "company that makes trucks".
They may not have the same accomplishments as NASA, but they're far from a "company that makes trucks".
Which scientific instruments does SpaceX make? I have never heard of a single one.
In contrast, curiosity rover has dozens.
Like, come on. I get shitting on Musk is the cool new thing, but this is genuinely the case where SpaceX is doing cool things in space, and at an extremely fast pace. Get over yourself if you can’t see through your Musk hate and only see them as “a company that builds trucks”.
"NASA makes precision scientific instruments and SpaceX makes precision scientific instruments that have higher tolerances with a higher focus on throughput, and there are rapidly diminishing returns in how much funding can be used to close the gap" is probably the right take if not as fun.