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iirc Starship was conceived before Falcon Heavy was finished as well. So, to me, Falcon Heavy would seem like a solution in search of a problem. There are some
by chasd00 5y ago
iirc Starship was conceived before Falcon Heavy was finished as well. So, to me, Falcon Heavy would seem like a solution in search of a problem. There are some commercial flights for Falcon Heavy planned but as soon as Starship comes online it's obsolete. I don't know how much money the Falcon Heavy program will make but I would consider it paying for the R/D before being retired (just breaking even) a success.
- jve 5y agoElon wanted to cancel FH according to the following article. > Years earlier, Musk ordered Falcon Heavy canceled, forcing Shotwell, who’d been tipped off by another SpaceX employee, to sprint to a conference room and remind him that the U.S. Air Force, a critical customer, had already purchased a launch https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-07-26/she-launches-spaceships-sells-rockets-and-deals-with-elon-musk https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-07-26/she-launc...
- MPSimmons 5y agoFH was first mentioned in 2003 (https://hobbyspace.com/AAdmin/archive/Interviews/Systems/ElonMusk.html https://hobbyspace.com/AAdmin/archive/Interviews/Systems/Elo...), when it was going to be made of Falcon 1s. Not saying there was any engineering done there, but it was an idea that he wanted, so he could increase payload to orbit.
- emteycz 5y agoI always thought they did it purely for the show - and now even my mom is a big fan of SpaceX, so they were very successful.
- simonh 5y agoWhat a show. I could watch the twin booster landings all day. Not that I have or anything...