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Three things: 1. Efficiency is not an American value. The society almost always chooses decentralization over efficiency. For good and ill, the SLS project loo
by jltsiren 4y ago
Three things:
1. Efficiency is not an American value. The society almost always chooses decentralization over efficiency. For good and ill, the SLS project looks like America.
2. I don't think SpaceX is lacking talent at this point. Their primary constraint is time, not money. The Starship will fly when it's ready.
3. Three Falcon Heavy rockets can't launch the same payload as a single SLS. Cost per payload mass is only one factor. Maximum payload and the physical dimensions of the fairing are often equally important constraints. And those, rather than the price, are the main reasons why the Starship looks so promising.