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  1. It’s cool that SpaceX was able to reuse and re-land the first stage of a rocket, but it happened ~35 years later than it should have.
    1. …in reply to @Noleli
      Why? Because instead of it being a national priority, we had to wait for an eccentric billionaire to decide it was worth it.
      1. …in reply to @Noleli
        Do we really want to live in a world where amazing things only happen if some rando unbeholden to anyone wants them to happen?
        1. …in reply to @Noleli
          (Ok, maybe 15–20 years because solving all those differential equations in the control system in real time is probably computationally hard)