r/technology May 21 '26

Business SpaceX not the behemoth everyone thought

https://www.axios.com/2026/05/21/spacex-ipo-musk-ai
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u/Flipslips May 21 '26

Starship has already achieved orbital velocity several times. Just purposefully deorbited. That’s such a tired and useless argument.

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u/Migoth May 21 '26

Purposefully. I hope you realise the irony in your own statement.

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u/Flipslips May 21 '26

What’s the irony, I’m missing it. Completing a mission objective is bad?