On 14/12/2011 5:31 AM, Matt Wiser wrote:
On Dec 13, 10:02 am, Alan wrote:
On 13/12/2011 5:22 PM, Matt Wiser wrote:

Now we'll see if Musk's rocket and capsule can do what he claims they can
do. So far from him, it's been 90% talk, 10% actually getting something up
and back.

What have you got against SpaceX?

Nothing against Space X, but Musk: the man's been shooting his mouth
off a lot. If he had stuck to his original schedule, the ISS Cargo
runs were supposed to be going by now. Not to mention that "retiring
on Mars" crap and some other statements that imply he was trying to
muscle in on NASA's exploration programs.

Stick to his guns? The delays are hardly unexpected for such complex
systems and most of the delays are not the fault of SpaceX anyway -
there's simply a backlog of launches due to other failures - not by SpaceX.

So the man's got dreams, what's the matter with that? Good luck to him,
I say and if anyone can make it happen, it's Elon Musk.