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> Within the next six months, SpaceX will put Starship into orbit. Really? I haven't heard news about Starship in quite a while now. > Its biggest rocket yet,
by leto_ii 4y ago
> Within the next six months, SpaceX will put Starship into orbit.
Really? I haven't heard news about Starship in quite a while now.
> Its biggest rocket yet, the heavy-lift vehicle will be able to carry similar payloads into space as the sls for, Mr Musk reckons, just a few million dollars a launch.
Mr. Musk reckons all sorts of stuff, mostly fanciful. He has also been reckoning that Tesla will achieve full self driving next year, for the past 7 years or so. He has also reckoned that Neuralink will allow people to communicate telepathically, that hyperloops make sense, that we'll have Earth to Earth rocket transport, that the boring company will revolutionize tunneling etc.
So far NASA has delivered vastly more than Elon Musk.
> Given the increasing competition from companies such as Blue Origin, owned by Jeff Bezos, it is hard to see a role for nasa’s bloated sls.
Bloated SLS may be, but has Blue Origin actually done anything useful? Joy rides for billionaires don't count.
- cyberge99 4y agoThere have been some Defense missions that sent “unlabeled” payloads to LEO, but I agree with you. The learning and takeaways from Nasa launches are highly underestimated here in the comments. Also, ask any Nasa engineer if they’re in a dead end job/industry; you’d be remise to find one.
- Isinlor 4y agoIt's not just Mr. Musk reckoning stuff, but NASA too. Artemis program will not land on the Moon without Starship. In fact, SLS is almost useless without Starship due to 2 billion launch cost. There are no payloads for SLS besides Artemis program. Even Europa Clipper spacecraft will launch atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.