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Even if the bet on Starship fails to pay off, the existing Falcon 9 program is both (1) the dominant launch vehicle in terms of sheer quantity, reliability, and
by BHSPitMonkey 1y ago
Even if the bet on Starship fails to pay off, the existing Falcon 9 program is both (1) the dominant launch vehicle in terms of sheer quantity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of missions and (2) the only system with a reusable first stage. Dragon routinely ferries humans to and from the ISS (and other trajectories) and no one blinks an eye.
How do you square that with "not delivering"? I don't doubt that China could surpass them in the next 5 years, but nobody else is realistically close to doing so.
- mmooss 1y agoThey aren't delivering Starship, at the least, not in time. That's what this discussion is about. As I said, people here will do anything to promote SpaceX.
- electriclove 1y agoI'm all for anyone making progress. Is another company doing similar things more quickly? Dig into what Starship is and you will see how ambitious their goals are.
- mmooss 1y agoI have an ambitious goal to go to Alpha Centuri.
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