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The Curious Case of SpaceX and Forbes’ Thompson Takedown
By 2014.08.18 3 Comments Read More →

The Curious Case of SpaceX and Forbes’ Thompson Takedown

Image Credit: SpaceX One of the most reliable outlets for attacks on SpaceX over the years has somewhat curiously been from Forbes, with a semi-regular stream of articles penned by Loren Thompson, a paid consultant for Lockheed Martin and other legacy aerospace companies. Ostensibly writing on behalf of the non-profit Lexington Institute where he is […]

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Hit Piece on SpaceX Misses Target, Results in Self Inflicted Wound
By 2012.10.12 0 Comments Read More →

Hit Piece on SpaceX Misses Target, Results in Self Inflicted Wound

If you’re going to commit a drive by, at least don’t aim at yourself. In an article published yesterday in the Washington Examiner, meant as an attack on SpaceX and Elon Musk, staff writer Richard Pollock initiated a series of stumbling, intellectually vacant statements with this whopper: “The rocket lost power from one of its nine engines shortly after […]

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