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China unveils fully reusable Starship-like rocket concept (spacenews.com)

submitted 3 days ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spaceflight@sh.itjust.works

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I support everyone's right to steal from Elon.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Buran is an old Soviet design, nothing to do with Elon, as far as I know.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago

I assumed he was just continuing the joke, so it's important to remember that it's always ok to steal from oligarchs.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Elon didn’t build Starship, underpaid engineers did. And China steals from everybody.

[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

SpaceX engineers are overworked, but not really underpaid compared to the industry. But they should probably be paid more given the workload and hours.

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Yup. For the record, when I say "underpaid" I don't mean not paid a living wage, I mean paid less than they're worth.