Is Elon Musk really going to make all of our Sci-Fi dreams come true?

Eh
Are you saying that Boeing would be able to dramatically change the design if they wanted to, like SpaceX does? Suppose Boeing decided hydrocarbon fuels are the way to go, would they have the freedom to make that decision/build a wider rocket?

NASA is like Windows XP
It was mind boggling and it did some truly crazy things but it's going out of style.

SpaceX is like a mac, it's approaching things in a totally different way, and promising the incredible.

Blue Origin is like linux.
Blue Origin doesn't have drooling fanboys, it doesn't have public exposure, it doesn't have crazy dreams, but god damn it works good.

>SpaceX is like a mac, it's approaching things in a totally different way, and promising the incredible.
HAHAHHAHA what a little idiot non understanding of anything ever

haha spacex liek mac?

what mac does

shitty shit sparkly stuff with123890193802908123% overprice that only impresses non technological idiots (like le you) , that is clearly CLEARLY ula

spacex is like linux, it gives much MUCH MUHC MUCH better functionality at a fraction of a cost and constantly inventing god tier paradigm change of the kind that if you even dare to deny thats it this converstaion is over i can 2322310% legit confirm youre inferior non deserving of talks by anyone. and also for a low LOW LOWLOW LOWLOW LOWLOW LOWMUHCH LOWER I CANNOT EMPHASISE HOW MUCH LOWER THE COST OF GOD TIER SPACEX AND LINUX ARE

if you dont know even half of this beat it kid, youre losing the war against not knowing

SpaceX doesn't have that freedom either, when it's working a NASA contract. They can't make radical changes to Dragon or Falcon 9, for instance, while they're under contract for development and launches with them. If you look at Crew Dragon, they had to build it for routine parachute landing and ocean splashdown (thus requiring a much higher survivability compared to if they were emergency backups only), when they wanted to go straight to rocket landing, but they were able to work within NASA's requirements to include the hardware necessary for propulsive landing, and therefore are free to develop it as an option in software for use outside that contract. They're free to do as they please with ITS as long as there's no NASA contract to fund it.

The way it works with "NASA vehicles" is that they put out a request for proposals, then private companies would send them their concepts, and they'd do a series of downselects and have them make more detailed bids until they chose one. So, at the proposal stage, there is freedom within the specifications.

This used to be a reasonable way of doing things, before the consolidation of the US aerospace industry so only Boeing and Lockheed Martin became credible bidders (except for ATK for solid rockets). A major point of the commercial cargo initiative was to develop some alternative contractors so they'd have some real competition. That's why they didn't take bids from Boeing and LM.

Anyway, it's not that Boeing was constrained by the SLS contract, rather the SLS specification was constrained so only Boeing could win the contract, by their own backroom dealings. MSFC is the tip of a pyramid of corruption.

See, the thing is, typing like that and being obviously upset about a comparison between two very valuable and successful companies which were formed due to people who had a certain vision for how things should be done, and the skills required to hire engineers and designers who know how to accomplish that vision, indicates to me that you are more of a "non-technological idiot" than the person you're replying to.

reddit treats everything he says as gospel

Reminder that astronauts will still have to wear space diapers under these new space suits, don't get your hopes up. (unless you're into that sort of thing)

not anymore.

Trump appointed him as counselor :^)

Diapers aren't really necessary. The vast majority of people can go a few hours without a toilet break, and it only takes 10 minutes to get to orbit. A de-orbit won't take much longer on a propulsive-landing vehicle.

There's no reason they'll have more than a half hour at a time when you'll have to be in the suit and not permitted to use a toilet.

just put an airlock minichamber on front and back so you can excrete freely and abundantly