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   From: droleary@2017usenet1.subsume.com   
      
   For your reference, records indicate that   
   Jeff Findley  wrote:   
      
   > In article , droleary@   
   > 2017usenet1.subsume.com says...   
   > >   
   > > For your reference, records indicate that   
   > > Jeff Findley  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > > Sure, sure, Star Trek style transporters with infinite range.  I'll get   
   > > > right on that.   
   > >   
   > > No, you won?t.  But you apparently *will* use it as a straw man to avoid   
   > > actually addressing the likelihood that new technologies developed in   
   > > the future will change the economies of space launches.  Hell, that?s   
   > > essentially what SpaceX is demonstrating today.   
   >   
   > Bullshit.  SpaceX is not demonstrating any new technologies.  They've   
   > combined existing technologies in novel ways to solve the problems   
   > involved in building Merlin engines and Falcon launch vehicles.  There   
   > is zero new tech in them.  If you believe differently, name a new   
   > technology they're using in their engines, launch vehicles, Dragon, and   
   > etc.   
      
     Of *course* there’s no “new technology” in *anything* that’s   
   in the world today.  Your engineering mindset has you in a motivated   
   reasoning spiral.  The fact remains that, over the course of time,   
   new technologies have been developed that have made their way into   
   space programs.  SpaceX is taking advantage of some of those   
   technologies today.  It is a safe bet that such innovations will occur   
   in the future, and somebody will take advantage of them.   
      
      
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