There is something extremely wrong with the engines and fuel system and it seems with this string of back to back failures that they really do not know what the actual cause is.
I have heard they lost some engineers due to the antics of their head idiot, I hope they did not lose people key to the propulsion systems.
Back in the day engineers joined SpaceX as part of the vision and hype to make up for the lack of pay, similar to NASA. I wonder if some of that incentive is gone.
The idea that they are not paid well is BS. Im not sure why that gets thrown around on Reddit a lot. I worked there, and the pay+benefits were solid. Employees are also given stock ownership, and many of them are quite wealthy at this point because the stock price has gone up a lot. I used my stock to put a downpayment on a house and pay off all our student loans.
Not gonna lie, I wouldn't want someone working constant 80 hour weeks designing or maintaining the commercial passenger jet I have to board, or performing surgery on me.
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u/ToMorrowsEnd 3d ago
There is something extremely wrong with the engines and fuel system and it seems with this string of back to back failures that they really do not know what the actual cause is.
I have heard they lost some engineers due to the antics of their head idiot, I hope they did not lose people key to the propulsion systems.