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What a relief for NASA and Boeing and a welcome sight for me personally as a space enthusiast - hopefully this will inspire the folks at SpaceX to get StarShip
by tibbydudeza 2y ago
What a relief for NASA and Boeing and a welcome sight for me personally as a space enthusiast - hopefully this will inspire the folks at SpaceX to get StarShip working.
- ta1243 2y agoStarliner is the Boeing equivalent of Falcon/Crew Dragon which has been used for years.
- ozr 2y agoHave they not been though?
- saberience 2y agoStarliner vs Starship isn't really a valid comparison. Starliner is a new human carrying capsule which is fitted on top of an old rocket. Starship is a 100% brand new everything rocket and person carrying spaceship with ground breaking tech, lift capacity, full reusability, thrust, payload capacity, etc etc. The rocket used to launch Starliner today is an Atlas V which first flew in 2002. I.e. it's a 22 year old rocket system.
- dragonwriter 2y ago> The rocket used to launch Starliner today is an Atlas V which first flew in 2002. I.e. it's a 24 year old rocket system. Are you posting from 2026?
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- tibbydudeza 2y agoBut with continuous development with Vulcan Centaur engines replacing the Russian RD-180.
- T-A 2y agoAtlas V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_V has a first stage powered by the Russian RD-180 engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-180 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RD-180 and a Centaur upper stage powered by RL10 engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RL10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RL10 Vulcan Centaur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_Centaur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulcan_Centaur has a first stage powered by Blue Origin's BE-4 engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BE-4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BE-4 and a second stage known as Centaur V. It's an upgraded version of the Centaur, also powered by RL10 engines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur_(rocket_stage)#Centaur_V https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centaur_(rocket_stage)#Centaur... Vulcan has only flown once, in part because of slow delivery of BE-4 engines, which to date have not powered any other launcher (though they are meant to eventually power New Glenn). So I don't know what you mean by "Vulcan Centaur engines replacing the Russian RD-180".
- syncsynchalt 2y agoVulcan-Centaur is the rocket that replaces Atlas V. The BE-4 is the engine on Vulcan-Centaur's booster stage, which replaces the RD-180 on the Atlas V booster stage. Both Atlas V and Vulcan use RL-10 engines on their main stage (what ULA calls Centaur). And to add more confusion, the new engine for Ariane 5/6 is the "Vulcain". :D
- croddin 2y agoStarship launch attempt is tomorrow, great week for space!
- Narishma 2y agoStarliner's competitor from SpaceX is Dragon, not Starship.