https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the-cool-cam

What's the criticism exactly? Like I don't get your point? Yes they are behind on timelines and on Mars, does that mean that we should post reddit-tier cynical comments every time about that? I'm not saying that you're doing that, it's more that I don't get why this is surprising.

And on the other hand, it's also funny to see how "skeptics" (whatever that means in this case) dismiss or belittle achievements that were claimed to be impossible a few months or years ago (for example, the chopstick landing). It's like a never ending treadmill of

this is impossible->okay it happened, that's cool, but now xyz is impossible.

Plus, it seems normal to me that people care less about some sort of budget details or delays than really cool technical feats.

I actually get this take, but for me it's the ultimate distraction and a way to legitimize the CEOs rubbish behavior.

"How can he be wrong when he is a genius and can land a rocket in two chopsticks?"

They are making the impossible merely late. Which, you know, is still pretty fucking cool.

I’d love to see any other country or competitor catch a stainless steel rocket larger than the Statue of Liberty that was just cruising back to earth at sub orbital velocity. Everybody else is so far behind it’s not even funny.

Spacex is cool as shit. Screw the “skeptics” and haters. Some people have a complete lack of imagination.