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Each Expendable Starship Super Heavy launched costs less than a single engine on the Artemis program. Every time you see a Starship launch what you aren't seei
by elictronic 8mo ago
Each Expendable Starship Super Heavy launched costs less than a single engine on the Artemis program.
Every time you see a Starship launch what you aren't seeing is manufacturing processes corrected, issues in launch protocols and field issues resolved. All the little things that build up to make your system reliable. Do you want the doctor who has done a hundred successful surgeries, or the one who has done one or two but spent a long time in school watching videos.
The big difference is in the end, Starship gets built faster, costs much less, and can do more. It's not even close.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 8mo agoYou can't compare costs for a rocket that doesn't work yet. It's fictional. As I said in my post, if we are comparing fictional rockets then I have a $1 rocket that can fly to Jupiter.
- signatoremo 8mo agoOf course you can. It wasn’t fictional when Superheavy flew back and was caught, was it? It costed real money, not fictional. What kind of mental gymnastics are you doing?
- NetMageSCW 8mo agoThat sounds a lot like the infamous paper rocket comment about Falcon Heavy versus SLS being a real rocket. Meanwhile Falcon Heavy has launched something to the orbit of Mars, launched multiple (including NASA) missions to space and SLS has orbited the moon once with multiple problems.
- UltraSane 8mo agoUntil it actually works every dollar is waste.
- NetMageSCW 8mo agoDo you think that about cancer research, or antibiotic research, or development of the JWT?
- elictronic 8mo agoIt's best to not argue or engage with idiots and bots.
- delichon 8mo agoSpaceX is paying tuition for an education. Is every dollar you spend on college wasted until you graduate?