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Well SpaceX has delivered reusable orbital rockets, it is currently developing starship, those were stated pre-requisites for his mars plan. Blue origin has del
by KoolKat23 2y ago
Well SpaceX has delivered reusable orbital rockets, it is currently developing starship, those were stated pre-requisites for his mars plan.
Blue origin has delivered New Glenn but it's only suborbital so far? Still possible, at the stroke of a pen, they'll get the needed funds to develop capabilities (so at Bezos mercy), they also are actively bidding for government contracts (where the money to make it sustainable is).
Virgin Galactic went bankrupt and no one seems to be willing to fund it, so no to them.
I don't follow Bigelow closely, I see they closed down.
- bumby 2y agoI meant moreso the “betterment of the human condition” than the Mars mission specifically. I believe Bezos has said he’s not in favor of an approach to colonize another planet. My issue is that each of those steps can also be cast as a pathway to more profit. Granted profit and Mars/betterment of the human condition aren’t mutually exclusive, but outside of mere talk I haven’t seen anything convincing that differentiates that one is the primary objective, e.g., a move that undermines profitability but helps the Mars mission