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I don't understand why any of that is a huge proof that they can go to Mars.
by kyberias 9y ago
I don't understand why any of that is a huge proof that they can go to Mars.
- varjag 9y agoThere are no true proofs outside of realm of math at all. SpaceX odds for going to Mars are, however, better than anyone else's.
- jawbone3 9y agoHey, that’s a big unsourced claim to make about an organisation that has no experience of manned spaceflight.
- varjag 9y agoBefore that, it was a big claim about an organization that never achieved reusability/reached GEO/made a space flight at all.. So far SpaceX delivers, and unlike every other player out there, going to Mars is their core mission. So yes they odds are much better than anyone else's, even if by the virtue of none remotely competent pursuing it at all.
- freehunter 9y agoUsually when people ask for a source for someone'e statement it's a good thing, but in this case... you're really asking for a source here? Really? I mean... really?
- mkempe 9y agoWouldn't flying to and landing on Mars be a true proof? what other kind of proof can there be?
- varjag 9y agoThought the GP solicited the proof now, without the advantage of hindsight from 2026 or whatever it takes.
- branchan 9y agoYou mean besides all the agencies that have already gone to Mars?
- varjag 9y agoMust have missed all these manned expeditions. Otherwise sending a drone to plant a plaque on Mars has certainly been possible for SpaceX for some years now.
- cryptoz 9y agoNo humans have been to Mars. SpaceX is planning on sending millions of people to live in multiple cities on Mars. This is different.
- kyberias 9y agoSpaceX hasn't done any manned spaceflights and hasn't flown anything to Mars. NASA, for example, has done that multiple times. So why exactly are SpaceX odds better (@ succeeding)? That rocket landing to the platform flying backwards looks awesome but I don't think it significantly increases their odds for Mars flight. Will they fly there backwards with a similar platform waiting?
- greglindahl 9y agoGood thing that NASA and SpaceX are working together to upgrade Dragon 1 to Dragon Crew. As for what SpaceX (and OrbitalATK) does better, look at the cost of ISS cargo deliveries, and then read about the history of Constellation and Ares.