• TimeSquirrel@kbin.social
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    I think it’s the other way around…you WANT everything he touches to be a scam.

    I don’t like the guy either, but Starlink is a real, actual product that tons of people are using just fine right now. Also, his rockets are allowing the US to continue to send personnel to the space station without relying on Russia. That is not a scam either.

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      by trying to go with “i know you are but what am i”, you just prove how childish your belief in him is

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        Actually, failing to address any of my points and just hammering on the “Musk bad” seems childish to me.

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          you have no points… i’ve seen their numbers… the subscriber growth is non-existent… revenue is abysmal… the costs are exactly exorbitant… there is nothing to hide… it is a failure hoping for a rescue… think what you like…

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            the subscriber growth is non-existent

            WTF are you on about?

            In January of 2022 SL had about 245,000 subscribers. In January of 2023 they had 1,000,000 subscribers. In September of 2023 SL had over 2,000,000 subscribers. They’ve increased by a factor of 10 in less than 24 months and doubled in the last 9!

            Musk is an ass but what your saying about SL just isn’t true.

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            That’s what Starship is for. A giant, cheap, stainless steel space truck built by blue collar welders that will vomit out hundreds of them before returning to Earth intact to pick up some more.

            The whole Mars thing is just for PR. He has a different use for it. That thing ain’t ever making it to Mars.

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                Cryo boiloff for long duration missions hasn’t been solved, for one. Have you seen how much it vents just sitting on the pad?

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                  Fair enough. Starship is still in its infancy though so I wouldn’t completely give up hope yet.

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                    Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to be proven wrong and see it succeed, but it takes a LOT more than welding together a steel soda can with engines to get there.

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                You have yet to actually provide any counter points other than plugging your ears and saying “Nu uh!”

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                    Apparently you don’t know how to have a conversation… Doing a quick search it seems like Starlink is around the break even point for operating costs and revenue, so if you’d like to provide sources to refute that, that’d be great.