It doesn’t say what was changed but that makes it a great price again.

It also really messes up the pricing between the 3 RWD which doesn’t qualify and the AWD that does since it’s only a 1k difference now. I wonder if we’ll see them lower the RWD or potentially raise the AWD price?

  • SatouKazuma@lemmy.world
    6·
    5 months ago

    Not to mention, the board are definitely not independent. How Musk isn’t in jail for securities fraud is beyond me. Just kidding. We all know why. He’s rich and Republican. Fuck this asshat, and every company he owns. Hopefully Blue Origin and other firms supplant Space X.

    • burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      5 months ago

      I’m a Blue Origin hater, too. They pretend to be an old space prime by buying their way into a market but not having done anything. They don’t have the drive, efficiency, or fun redeeming qualities of startups.

      For rockets, I would rather see Stoke pull off Nova and Rocket Lab build Neutron.

      For space stations, I’m rooting for Vast and Gravitics.

      For space tugs, go Impulse.

      For moon landers, BO copied SpaceX’s homework, so go Intuitive Machines and Astrobotic.

      • SatouKazuma@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 months ago

        Thanks for the list of alternatives! I was just throwing Blue Origin out there because it’s a name other than Space X. I’m honestly not nearly as in-the-loop as I should be on these things.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldOP
      22·
      5 months ago

      I mean… I want Blue Origin, and all the other new launch providers to succeed, but Blue Origin was founded in 2000 and in 24 years has not reached orbit. I have a feeling it’s going to be a long time before they exceed F9 on payload cost to orbit / cadence, and Starship might be operational in expendable mode within a few more test launches, this year.