On: SpaceX launch webcast: Orbcomm-2 Mission [video]

[aggie]

The public that cares about this achievement (or Blue Origin's) likely understands the difference.

[mikeash → aggie]

I disagree. There are a lot of people out there who are interested in space but don't really understand it. Just one anecdote, I spent twenty minutes explaining the difference to my father after BO's landing, which he genuinely thought was beating SpaceX to the punch.

[jacquesm → aggie]

As does the public that might decide to host a bunch of stuff with AWS (or not). Really bad move on Bezos' part, not everything is economics.

[calinet6 → jacquesm]

I guarantee our ops team will not make infrastructure buying decisions based on the quality of their aerospace side-projects.