Oddbean new post about login | logout Please tell me what is the main purpose of this rocket and how can help your life directly?
So I’m assuming you see no value in future space exploration so the fact there is now a reusable rocket is unimportant. What you should be able to grasp is the importance of engineering and what they achieved today is catching a 250 ton, 22 story building plummeting at thousands of kilometers per hour decelerating to zero kilometers per hour on a dime. If you don’t see this as a game changer and absolute feat of engineering, I don’t know what to tell you.
Do you reckon they said the same thing in the 60s?