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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by zpeti on Sunday April 30, 2023 @05:28AM (#35760987)
I mean challenging the “well known” engineering orthodoxies like rockets landing being almost impossible and not worth doing seem to have worked out ok for him?

I love it when people take one small issue and point out how stupid he’s being, yet ignore how by challenging every point of engineering on rockets he’s almost at the point of making a mars transportation system possible.

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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by sschueller on Sunday April 30, 2023 @06:16AM (#35761194)
Rockets landing was never considered impossible, NASA even built and tested several such vehicles long ago. What was determined is that is is not economically viable which even SpaceX has started to realize on some launches where they ditch the landing in order to be able to carry more payload.

The launch pad at Cape Canaveral may not be exactly what Starship needs but it would be a good start. Like flame trenches and placing the fuel storage tanks far enough away from the launch pad.

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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by TheSpiceIsLife on Sunday April 30, 2023 @06:45AM (#35761346)
What was stopping any other launch system from sending fuel tanks to LEO and beyond?

Probably not a whole lot technically. By now we could have had several fuel tanks in Mars orbit and a few on the ground, rather than all those orbiters and ground vehicles.

Trade-offs.

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Re:SpaceX Rocket Struggled to Self-Destruct as It Spun Out o... by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday May 01, 2023 @08:54AM (#35772120)
Doesn't look like my tone came across correctly.

I agree with you.

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