Starship’s Fourth Flight: SpaceX’s Efficiency and an Era of Remarkable Entrepreneurs
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English translation of the Chinese post originally published 2024-06-07. Translated 2026-11-04 with AI assistance. Historical figures and claims have not been updated or independently verified. 中文原文
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Watching Starship’s fourth flight, Robin finds the efficiency of Elon Musk and SpaceX astonishing. He writes that operating efficiency and cost problems at Boeing and Lockheed Martin allowed SpaceX to catch up and win NASA contracts, and that the two companies formed ULA in 2006 to pursue SpaceX. He asks whether humanity might return to the Moon in 2025. He also reflects on our good fortune in witnessing an era of remarkable entrepreneurs—Jobs, Gates, Bezos, Musk, Jensen Huang, Zuckerberg, and Page—with the torch of innovation and entrepreneurship continuing to pass from one to the next.
Key points
- Robin argues that SpaceX’s efficiency helped it catch up with traditional aerospace giants and win NASA contracts.
- Boeing and Lockheed Martin formed ULA in 2006.
- Might humanity return to the Moon in 2025? This was a question posed in June 2024.
- We are witnessing an era of remarkable entrepreneurs.
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