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They did the work of getting there incrementally. Small, then big. Expendable, then landable. Cargo, then crew.
by JulianMorrison 8y ago
They did the work of getting there incrementally. Small, then big. Expendable, then landable. Cargo, then crew.
- benj111 8y agoYes, they got here incrementally, but then any journey is done one step at a time. At the time of Grasshopper the whole idea of a reusable private rocket was 10 year away tech. I just went to check the Grasshopper dates, thinking it would be about 10 years to first successful landing. Grasshopper started testing in 2012, so my mentions of '10 years away' are definitely metaphorical.
- Diederich 8y agoIndeed. What I'm probably most excited about is Gwynne Shotwell's (President and COO of SpaceX, very level-headed, DEFINITELY not someone who indulges in 'Elon time') prediction and confidence that Starship will start transporting passengers point to point within 10 years: https://www.inverse.com/article/44830-spacex-s-shotwell-on-bfr-earth-trips-this-is-definitely-going-to-happen https://www.inverse.com/article/44830-spacex-s-shotwell-on-b... That's...nuts. And amazing.