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> the capabilities are so far mostly just talk lol what? They've caught and successfully reflown the super heavy booster, and they've mostly successfully done
by timhh 7mo ago
> the capabilities are so far mostly just talk
lol what? They've caught and successfully reflown the super heavy booster, and they've mostly successfully done a soft landing of Starship in the sea. How is that remotely "just talk"?
- margalabargala 7mo agoAs mentioned elsewhere in this thread, things like delivering a real payload or orbiting the earth. Yes they've reflown a caught rocket, and they've soft landed in the ocean. I can do those things with a paper airplane.
- pennomi 7mo agoNot at orbital speeds you can’t. You’re being deliberately obtuse.
- margalabargala 7mo agoI'm being hyperbolic about the paper airplanes, but I stand by my original point. It is simultaneously true that Starship's capabilities are on track, and are at this moment just talk. I would bet that Starship will deliver within 10% of claimed specs, before 2030. But none of those have currently been proven.