Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by rtpg on Saturday May 30, 2020 @08:36PM
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The minuscule ISS is already the most expensive structure ever built. What universe has something like described being economical?
Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by ls612 on Sunday May 31, 2020 @12:28AM
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Starship will be able to lift far more at a far lower price than the Shuttle.
Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by nickik on Sunday May 31, 2020 @12:20PM
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ISS was built with lots and lots of really, really, really expensive Shuttle flights.
The Skylab was 1/3 the size and only needed on launch.
The price of making a station also goes down massively with the going down of general launch prices.
Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by bolasanibk on Saturday May 30, 2020 @10:42PM
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They laid off all their employees earlier this year.
Re:SpaceX successfully launches two humans into orbit
by yellowapple on Sunday May 31, 2020 @06:33AM
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Ostensibly due to COVID-19 concerns and Nevada mandating non-essential businesses to shut down. That seems to be relaxing, though (definitely here in Reno, though the Vegas area has a fair bit higher of a caseload), so hopefully Bigelow rehires as things start to normalize a bit more.
Although I think given the likely customer profile we're at least as likely to get Vegas-in-Orbit - casinos, hookers and all - as labs and exploration.