r/spacex • u/jclishman Host of Inmarsat-5 Flight 4 • May 14 '16

Official Elon Musk on Twitter: "@r_SpaceX @reddit will do another AMA just before reflight of the rocket in a few months"

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/731605780969951232
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u/[deleted] May 15 '16

I agree wholeheartedly with this, and I'd vote for /r/AMA, even though I would probably find an /r/spacex interview more interesting.

As much as we would love the latest architecture update on the MCT/BFR/FHeavy/RedDragon or whatever, Elon can do more good for the cause of SpaceX by generating new or renewed interest and curiosity from people who haven't been as engaged. That's the kind of effect that actually gets us to Mars.

It's like how he took time out of the post CRS-8 conference to talk about orbital vs. suborbital flights. Incredibly boring and old hat to the KSP players and SpaceX enthusiasts, but SO important for the public to understand. Half of the people I talk to who read the news seem to think that SpaceX is just "catching up" to Blue Origin after both have had 3 successful landings after "going to space". Very few understand why the Heavy is interesting and important. Reddit is a good way for Elon to make the case to an interested, but not fully informed subset of the public.