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Falcon Heavy is not rated for carrying humans. That's only because SpaceX chose not to bother because 1) low demand and 2) starship will do it anyway.
by phkahler 4y ago
Falcon Heavy is not rated for carrying humans. That's only because SpaceX chose not to bother because 1) low demand and 2) starship will do it anyway.
- panick21_ 4y agoFalcon Heavy is not rated to carry humans because NASA has no need for it, had they designed Artemis around it, SpaceX would have been happy to do so. Its literally just paper work, Falcon Heavy is already DESIGNED AND BUILT TO MEET human rating standards. They just didn't to the paper work.
- wumpus 4y agoFalcon Heavy is fully certified for the most difficult level of uncrewed launches by NASA and the Space Force -- including reusing side boosters. NASA's crewed rating is one step farther, but not a huge step farther.