Re:Starship is still not understood
by bryanlarsen on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:10PM
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When your primary customer says that they will never man-rate your rocket, as NASA's administrator Bolden did, it's more surprising that they actually went on to finish Falcon Heavy than that it was late.
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Re:Starship is still not understood
by dr_orpheus on Thursday October 28, 2021 @12:32PM
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Yeah, that's fair. But the original first operational launch of the Falcon Heavy (USAF STP-2) was to help certify it for the National Security Space Launch. So one of their main targets was to get classified business that was going to the Delta Heavy rockets. So I don't know how much/little NASAs planned use of the Falcon Heavy affected their decision.