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I’m sure if the government gives SpaceX 200B a year to build a more reliable starship they can do it without blowing them up.
by Aeolun 1y ago
I’m sure if the government gives SpaceX 200B a year to build a more reliable starship they can do it without blowing them up.
- dotancohen 1y agoActually, this version 2 of Starship was explicitly designed for lower the dry mass of the vehicle. It seems like SpaceX is exploring the lower limit on acceptable mass, and thus strength, of the Starship. This is a development program, after all.
- piva00 1y agoThis comparison doesn't make sense, the USD 200B/year was to invent the capabilities, do trailblazing work on something that needed to be proven even feasible as a concept, to do fundamental/foundational work, not to productionalise technology. I'd expect SpaceX to do much more now than NASA in the 60s if granted USD 200B/year, considering they are already standing on the shoulders of giants.
- Aeolun 1y agoWell sure, but they don’t have 200b a year. They’re doing more with (much) less.