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Massive explosion rocks SpaceX Texas facility, Starship engine in flames (interestingengineering.com)
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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Different philosophy. Play it safe and analyze everything extensively to make sure you don't have a PR nightmare. That leads to less aggressive designs and longer schedules, but looks better for the public and Congress.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    And they don’t even have a goal of more than one launch a year and billions of dollars per launch. Artemis is the same old flag waving BS: do it once to say you’re first, then lose interest.

    Starship’s goals of reusability, frequent launches, order of magnitude cost reductions can be the foundation of the next jump in space industry/exploration

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