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Comment by slimebot80 | Hacker News Reader

This will be crammed into my Twitter feed relentlessly.

Unlike today's successful Boeing launch, which wasn't in the feed or any trending topics whatsoever.

Twitter is only a news source for topics with benefits.

Boeing launch was yesterday. Every space account on X was talking about it. The ULA, Boeing, and NASA accounts were all posting about it.

Elon retweeted the livestream and wished them luck : https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1798338630471364871

He also congratulated them and retweeted a follow up post from Nasa Kennedy Space center.

Yes! my point exactly. Amazing how these posts are stifled and disappear quickly. Yet, multiple culture warrior / dogecoin accounts posting a spacex rocket photo gets pumped into my timeline.

There is no comparison between starship and Boeing. The comparission would be a Crew Dragon and Boeing.

When Crew Dragon first launched back in 2020 it was news -- i.e. it was literally NEW. They were the first people to launch into space from the US since the shuttle retired.

Crew Dragon last launched in March, and I certainly didn't see anything about it, it's business as usual.

Not my point. Both are relevant to people and only one is considered "news".

It's certainly less newsworthy to repeat a similar feat years later.

News is literally what's new.

A new A350 flew from Qatar to London today. The first time the A350 flew it was news. Today it's not.

People care less about whoever comes second - especially when they are 4 years too late.

Just that? Nothing to do with the difference in potential of those two projects?

note: the Boeing flight is literally one position below this thread though it's 24 hours+ old

On HN, yes. My point is about Musk's news service that he promotes as vastly superior.