You have to have some ego to have that much drive.
Elon is going to Mars and that's really what he wants.
All this "stuff" is just a means to an end for him.
To him these are just steps he has to take to get there.
I'm sure this step was satisfying but all it did was bolster his ego to
keep going for the prize in his mind.
Mars
He's a mars mission nut and I think he's likely to get his way because
that's what guy's like Elon are best at getting their way.
His very nature is to do just that.
Why do some guy's make it look so easy? It's no different than a star
athlete your born with it and the right set of circumstances fell into
place for his mindset and skills.
I wont even go into the drawbacks of a mentality like that.
As long as he has enough enablers around him pushing him up and enabling
that ego he will succeed because that is his nature.
To him it's child's play to get the blocks stacked properly in his
sandbox.
I am happy for him without doubt. But he won't truly be happy until
someone set's foot on mars.
I kinda hope he get's his way and the more people that hope that for him
the more likely he is to succeed.
He is a leader plain and simple and a pretty good one.
Leaders have egos and are a bit hard to deal with but we need them as
much as they need followers.
He can face Goliath with a rock and a sling and prevail because it's his
nature to do that.
It doesn't occur to him to think much about it he just does it
naturally. It's no surprise to him Goliath fell because that was his
plan in the first place.
Did David fear he would fail? Perhaps for a second but he stepped right
beyond that in a heartbeat.
I'm sure his cry after that was the same as Elon's after the landing-
NEXT! The battle was won but the war for Elon is far from over.
lol
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: [AR] Re spacex falcon 9 landing
From: James Fackert <jimfackert@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, December 23, 2015 10:45 am
To: arocket list <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Falcon 9 was designed for reusability from the start. Now that landing has
been accomplished i have no doubt reflight will become routine.
Blue origin landing is interesting but its intent is to some day be a
rocket amusement ride.
Hop up to the edge of space. No orbit no working payload.
Falcon 9 is the 747 to orbit and back and is already trucking supplies to
iss and putting working satellites into orbit.
No comparison, imho.
Musk may be over optimistic on the timeline but spacex's achievements to
date are quite incomparable. Its amusing to see the doubters continue to
doubt that they will acomplish the "next" step as each is accomplished.
Musk does not build battery gigafactories, rocket assembly lines or
boosters that land just for fun or stunt or ego.
jim fackert