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Better to find defects on Earth than on Mars.

• ben_w 2y ago
  When it was announced, it had vibes of being a car meant for Mars (or the Moon); but there's so much wrong with it in practice, that whoever does eventually build bases on those bodies* will better off starting from scratch. * I now only give 70% odds of Starship getting to Mars ever, including one-way test flights that crash rather than landing correctly: if SpaceX can't launch to Mars before Trump stops being president, they more than likely never will — I think Musk will be directly told by the sucessor that he's no longer allowed to work on rockets, or any government contracts, due to being seen as a security risk. And without Musk, why bother with Mars?