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> No nation or company has ever built a single vehicle capable of flying dozens of people into space (especially deep space), landing on distant worlds, and the
by ForHackernews 8y ago
> No nation or company has ever built a single vehicle capable of flying dozens of people into space (especially deep space), landing on distant worlds, and then flying back to Earth.
At this risk of stating the obvious, this is still the case today. SpaceX building a mockup in the desert does not mean they are anywhere close to achieving this goal.
- manicdee 8y agoOnce the new high pressure Raptors are working, most of that dream will be a reality. The only things holding SpaceX back at this point are the heatshield, the engines and Planetary Protection.