contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoTIL that in 1949, Wernher von Braun wrote a science fiction novel in which he named the leader of Mas "Elon"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up17arrow-down1external-linkTIL that in 1949, Wernher von Braun wrote a science fiction novel in which he named the leader of Mas "Elon"en.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremorphballganon@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·2 months ago… and then some rich parent named their kid after a character from their favorite book. Then that kid grew up to be a spoiled brat who furiously insisted he was a genius despite multiple failures. So?
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·2 months agoMultiple failures? The first, and only, truly reusable rocket, launching at rate unapproached, landing like Buck Rogers, is now a failure. The ideological possession is astounding.
minus-squareyuri@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agocool cherry, where’d you pick it? i checked the hyperloop and full self drive bushes, but they were bare.
minus-squareCanadianCorhen@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoHe has some successes, and some failures.
… and then some rich parent named their kid after a character from their favorite book. Then that kid grew up to be a spoiled brat who furiously insisted he was a genius despite multiple failures.
So?
Multiple failures?
The first, and only, truly reusable rocket, launching at rate unapproached, landing like Buck Rogers, is now a failure.
The ideological possession is astounding.
cool cherry, where’d you pick it? i checked the hyperloop and full self drive bushes, but they were bare.
He has some successes, and some failures.