SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocket last night

Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by mulmen on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:07PM (#28042641)

This whole "whatever I don't like and/or understand isn't worth doing" philosophy is just not interesting. Humanity is not a hivemind. We can do more than one thing. History has countless examples of innovation in one area leading to breakthroughs in another. Just make your own contribution to humanity where you can, we will be fine.

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by lucideer on Monday August 02, 2021 @05:16PM (#28042765)

That's true most of the time. Where it falls down is in cases where it's not "we".

There's plenty of orgs doing worthwhile and important space exploration.

There's a bunch of individuals destroying this planet who want to go to space and are selling a nice colonists fantasy to get backing.

You're right that it's not either or: let's continue supporting viable space efforts. But let's not be naive about it.

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by fastball on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @12:22AM (#28045697)

Your comment sounds like you should be supporting SpaceX. SpaceX is one of the only orgs that has re-used orbital class rockets for useful payloads.

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Re:SpaceX installed 29 Raptor engines on a Super Heavy rocke... by lucideer on Tuesday August 03, 2021 @05:11AM (#28047105)

I am. SpaceX is cool (as is the OP article).

This particular thread of comments is specifically about Mars colonisation.

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