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Maybe wait until it actually flies more than a few seconds without going off the rails before declaring it the greatest rocket ever built? Right now they haven
by tsimionescu 3y ago
Maybe wait until it actually flies more than a few seconds without going off the rails before declaring it the greatest rocket ever built?
Right now they haven't even proven that the many engine design is actually workable, rhier engines failed at a spectacular rate in the single full test launch that they conducted (maybe because of the ill-conceived launch site, maybe for other reasons).
- thereddaikon 3y agoEh, people were happy to call the N1 the most powerful rocket ever for years even though it mostly qualified as a bomb and not a rocket. Starship's paper capabilities are indeed impressive. If they manage to make it work then great.
- avmich 3y agoAnother example would be Spruce Goose - which still has its name in the list of the largest aircrafts. So, no, Starship already has a place in history.
- avmich 3y ago> Right now they haven't even proven that the many engine design is actually workable They don't need to prove it to people who accept as the only proof the demonstration of the fact. Remember you can have proofs in different ways, and professionals are fully aware of this.