Ask HN: How can we make an Open Source version of SpaceX?
1 pointby colesantiago9 hours ago4 comments
  • not_your_vase8 hours ago
    SpaceX is a rocket company, ISP, AI developer and social network operator also. Which one should be open sourced? And how would it work exactly?

    I imagine if some parts could be kicked off as an OSS project, there would be no problem with getting contributors. But for example rockets require a lot of work from a lot of people, but the amount of people who benefit from them isn't particularly big. Maybe their number is only single digit.

  • jschveibinz4 hours ago
    Step 1: get billion dollars Step 2: everything else
  • minimaxir9 hours ago
    It's sorta hard to open-source building a rocket on GitHub.
    • PaulHoule8 hours ago
      I guess you could document all the technology in great detail but it is controlled for a reason.

      Makes me think of how the Verein für Raumschiffahrt had just managed to get some land where they could fire rockets and then the Nazis told them "You've got to stop that, someone could get hurt!" then it dawned on the Nazis that they liked the sound of that.