toodroot t1_j0oawfx wrote on December 18, 2022 at 4:32 AM

Reply to comment by GaLaXY_N7 in SpaceX, Blue Origin Executives Tapped as US Space Council Advisers by Soupjoe5

Mass production isn't an innovation? What happened to that Springfield Rifle assembly line I learned about when I was a child?

GaLaXY_N7 t1_j0ob84s wrote on December 18, 2022 at 4:35 AM

The idea of mass producing satellites to give people better internet connections in rural areas is not a wild concept my guy. Space-x wasn’t the first to think of that, they just managed to execute it before anyone else because of how much money they have.

toodroot t1_j0oc5or wrote on December 18, 2022 at 4:43 AM

My guy, Space-x doesn't exist. SpaceX never claimed to be the first to think of it: Iridium and Globalstar are the pioneers who went bankrupt with a ton of arrows in their backs. SpaceX launched IridiumNEXT. Iridium was happy that they had the first satellite assembly line. Then OneWeb Airbus built a bigger one, now SpaceX has the biggest. In short, it's a history of rapid innovation.