▲ 54 ▼ Two trailers in a week... they do know Starship is an option now, right? (thelemmy.club) submitted 3 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works [M] to c/spaceflightmemes@sh.itjust.works 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments Credit: u/hidblyzruled
[–] Tiresia@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 months ago (2 children) Or, you know, the spaceship that is actually crew-rated and that has been around the moon? permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dpek@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago* (1 child) Its problem is that its useless for its program for anything other then short term Too expensive with too low launch cadance to do anything alone Non of the first 3 launches will or have used the same heatshield due to a dangerus flaw only found in artemis 1, despite a launch haveing already happened specifucly to test the heatshield (and ofcource the new heatshield will not have an unmanned test, at least its "just" a reentry from lower earth orbit so if it has anotehr problem its less likely to fail completely and have crew loss).Theres a reason why non of the final HLS options used sls ,you simply arent getting sustained long term presence on the moon while being unable to launch more then once yearly and takeng around 1/10 of the entire nasa buget per launch. Considering im seeing atlas missile in the background of the first one , may as well "just" take the old saturn 5s from the museums permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago Facts. It's a multistate boondoggle of epic proportions which only existed because they found a way to spread the money across the entire fucking country. It's an enormous waste of resources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dpek@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 months ago* (1 child) Its problem is that its useless for its program for anything other then short term Too expensive with too low launch cadance to do anything alone Non of the first 3 launches will or have used the same heatshield due to a dangerus flaw only found in artemis 1, despite a launch haveing already happened specifucly to test the heatshield (and ofcource the new heatshield will not have an unmanned test, at least its "just" a reentry from lower earth orbit so if it has anotehr problem its less likely to fail completely and have crew loss).Theres a reason why non of the final HLS options used sls ,you simply arent getting sustained long term presence on the moon while being unable to launch more then once yearly and takeng around 1/10 of the entire nasa buget per launch. Considering im seeing atlas missile in the background of the first one , may as well "just" take the old saturn 5s from the museums permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago Facts. It's a multistate boondoggle of epic proportions which only existed because they found a way to spread the money across the entire fucking country. It's an enormous waste of resources. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] borkborkbork@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago Facts. It's a multistate boondoggle of epic proportions which only existed because they found a way to spread the money across the entire fucking country. It's an enormous waste of resources. permalink fedilink source parent
