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The decade doesn't matter. NASA is making poor decisions today with SLS, just as it did with the shuttle in the 80s. The reality is it was possible to build ch
by trixie_ 7y ago
The decade doesn't matter. NASA is making poor decisions today with SLS, just as it did with the shuttle in the 80s.
The reality is it was possible to build cheap reliable reusable space vehicles with 70s technology.
- chr1 7y agoHave you worked on any task related to modeling physical processes, based on my short experience modeling parts of airplane, i believe building something comparable to falcon with 70s technology would have been multiple orders of magnitude harder. The fact that NASA makes poor decisions today doesn't prove that SpaceX would have been able to create and implement the good plan 40 years ago.
- trixie_ 7y agoMultiple orders of magnitude? Do the rockets/engines today look anywhere close even to a single order or magnitude better than before? The computers are much better yes, but not good enough yet to obviate the need for real engine testing and wind tunnels for aerodynamics. Computers in the 70s were already capable of landing autonomously on other planets - as demonstrated multiple times.