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> Unfortunately, however, launch within 2023 became unfeasible, and without clear schedule certainty in the near-term, it is with a heavy heart that Maezawa mad
by ragebol 2y ago
> Unfortunately, however, launch within 2023 became unfeasible, and without clear schedule
certainty in the near-term, it is with a heavy heart that Maezawa made the unavoidable
decision to cancel the project.
I forgot this was to launch in 2023. Who had any confidence in that launch window, I though it was at last a 10 year plan, so another 5 years.
That's a long time for sure, but did anyone really believe a 2023 launch, of Starship around the moon, with people on board no less?
- MisterBiggs 2y agoEven more ambitious, according to Wikipedia the original launch date was planned for late 2018 on a Falcon Heavy! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearMoon_project#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DearMoon_project#History
- krisoft 2y ago> did anyone really believe a 2023 launch, of Starship around the moon, with people on board no less Yeah. It is weird. I can believe that it was a tentative “yeah, let’s pencil in that date” kind of plan. But it makes no sense to pick a firm date and then cancel the whole thing when things inevitably slip. Or at least that puts me into question how serious they ever was about the project?