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> That was doing something that had been done before, strapping rockets together to make a Heavy version. That’s a common misconception - in fact, even SpaceX
by tomp 6y ago
> That was doing something that had been done before, strapping rockets together to make a Heavy version.
That’s a common misconception - in fact, even SpaceX itself made this mistake! Musk said that making Heavy was almost as complex as designing a whole new rocket; which is also why they went with new next time (Starship) instead of incremental (Super Extra Heavy).
- thinkcontext 6y ago> in fact, even SpaceX itself made this mistake That was part of my point. They could be (re)making the mistake of making a promise of timelines before they understand the real difficulty of what they are trying to accomplish.