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Spacex have already succeeded with Falcon 9? Starship is the next magnitude in cost reduction following the same formula.
by Gwypaas 3y ago
Spacex have already succeeded with Falcon 9? Starship is the next magnitude in cost reduction following the same formula.
- Zigurd 3y agoI am not doubting that Falcon 9 is a great success. It took 6 years of attempts to reliably land the Falcon 9 first stage, at some cost to capacity. The second stage is not recoverable and it appears unlikely it ever will be. "...following the same formula" of rapid iteration is what they are doing. It worked well for learning how to fabricate a giant rocket out of stainless steel. That formula is bumping up against the cost of iteration. They're trying an Agile-ish approach to making the biggest ever rocket when Agile might be insufficient to, for example, make car software at VW Group.