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Well, the more you make of something, the cheaper it gets. Things also get easier when you're less constrained for weight and volume. I imagine that Starship de
by exitb 2y ago
Well, the more you make of something, the cheaper it gets. Things also get easier when you're less constrained for weight and volume. I imagine that Starship delivering a robot all the way to the Mars surface would make things significantly cheaper. Mars is also a difficult place to land on, as it's very big for its thin atmosphere. If we had a system that can successfully land on Mars, it could be fairly easily used on other planets and moons.
- indoordin0saur 2y agoSpaceX plans on sending 5 starships to Mars in 2 years (optimistic) or 4 years (pessimistic). Wonder what sort of stuff they'll send in the payload. Just supplies for the astronauts who come 2 years later or will they allow for rideshare of scientific payloads?
- WalterBright 2y agoWe have a system that has landed successfully on Mars, several different ones.