| ▲ | lukeschlather 3 hours ago | |
I'm excited at the prospect of Starship landing on the moon. 100T payloads are maybe not required to make it happen, but probably are. For those of us who care about Artemis IV happening on schedule, being disappointed in a 52t payload capacity is very straightforward. I'm not excited about more Starlink satellites. | ||
| ▲ | tristanj 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Starlink payloads are the literally the path to making Starship human spaceflight ready. Starship has to launch dozens to hundreds of times to identify and fix low probability failures. Without frequent Starlink flights testing and debugging the vehicle, it would take far longer to build a safe and reliable Starship. They're also highly profitable, and fund/subsidize future missions. Recall, Starship development was funded by Starlink. | ||
| ▲ | MarsZebra an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
The company is built around Golden Dome, not Moon/Mars Ask your favorite AI about Michael D. Griffin and Pete Worden and their connection to SpaceX | ||
| ▲ | testing22321 an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |
100T payloads are not even remotely required. The other moon lander NASA is going forward with has a tiny fraction of that, and there are plenty of people who think it’s better. | ||