If and when that happens I'll re-evaluate. I don't buy the SpaceX marketing about the Starship for a millisecond. (And I'm baffled why a government contractor that isn't publicly-traded is marketing to the public in the…
Cheap by the metric SpaceX is optimizing for, i.e. mass to LEO / price of launch.
There's a strong "Mars settlement is impossible" sentiment going on, which is different. I am all for exploring space. I just loathe the fact that we have billionaires with no technical training calling the shots.…
We have always had too much launch capacity. You will notice that every program estimates prices based on how many launches occur a year, with the price going down the more launches there are. Large launch vehicles are…
I am still utterly baffled by the way people are impressed by a reusable launch vehicle. This stuff is old hat. This person worked at NASA! They probably worked on systems that were launched on Shuttles! Can anyone…
If and when that happens I'll re-evaluate. I don't buy the SpaceX marketing about the Starship for a millisecond. (And I'm baffled why a government contractor that isn't publicly-traded is marketing to the public in the…
Cheap by the metric SpaceX is optimizing for, i.e. mass to LEO / price of launch.
There's a strong "Mars settlement is impossible" sentiment going on, which is different. I am all for exploring space. I just loathe the fact that we have billionaires with no technical training calling the shots.…
We have always had too much launch capacity. You will notice that every program estimates prices based on how many launches occur a year, with the price going down the more launches there are. Large launch vehicles are…
I am still utterly baffled by the way people are impressed by a reusable launch vehicle. This stuff is old hat. This person worked at NASA! They probably worked on systems that were launched on Shuttles! Can anyone…