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[–] 42 points 2 years ago (3 children)

60 years of spaceflight and we can still barely get to orbit.

God we're shit at this, aren't we?

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  • [–] 27 points 2 years ago

    To be fair, it's incredibly hard to get into orbit, and it's relatively easy to get anywhere from there. The fact we can get into orbit pretty safely, reliably, and consistently while struggling to do stuff that's so much easier well is impressive.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean, Boeing barely does, we have also shot countless things everywhere in the solar system... Heck, even Starship reached a stable orbit in like the 3rd test flight or so (practically, and throttled shortly before, so the thing returns). It's hard, but far from impossible with a competent team and strict management

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