Re:“The Martian” + Starship
by skissane on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @09:40PM
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> SpaceX planned to achieve a turnaround time for F9 of 24 hours. So far, the best they could do is 27 days.
SpaceX's original plan was to further evolve F9. Then they decided to build Starship instead, at which point they decided to stop making any more than minor improvements to F9. If they hadn't decided to work on Starship, they probably would have made further improvements in F9 turnaround time, and other metrics. Citing they fact that they are now never going to deliver on their original objectives for F9 doesn't tell us anything about whether they can deliver on their objectives for Starship.
SpaceX's original plan was to further evolve F9. Then they decided to build Starship instead, at which point they decided to stop making any more than minor improvements to F9. If they hadn't decided to work on Starship, they probably would have made further improvements in F9 turnaround time, and other metrics. Citing they fact that they are now never going to deliver on their original objectives for F9 doesn't tell us anything about whether they can deliver on their objectives for Starship.