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Re:SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Lau... by whycome on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @03:01PM (#38016842)
> No other rocket even in the planning stage comes close to Starship.

Both my rockets and Starship have reached space the same number of times.

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Re:SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Lau... by verdverm on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @03:18PM (#38017015)
One fabricator has a track record and additionally tested their latest rocket more than zero times

Also, Starship is beyond the planning stage

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Re:SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Lau... by BHSPitMonkey on Thursday October 26, 2023 @05:05AM (#38023377)
> Both my rockets and Starship have reached space the same number of times.

Wouldn't it be more apples-to-apples to compare "all your rockets" to "all of SpaceX's rockets", or "all your superheavy-class rockets" to "all of SpaceX's superheavy-class rockets"?

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Re:SpaceX Starship Super Heavy Project at the Boca Chica Lau... by whycome on Thursday October 26, 2023 @12:36PM (#38028065)
Nah, I've only focused on super-heavy class in my napkin designs.

I'm just facetiously pointing out that Starship hasn't launched yet. There could be major flaws. Someone else might have a better design brewing but with little to show for it. The irony is that Starship's design looks a lot more like the sci-fi futurism of the 50s - we're returning to it after testing out shuttle-style reusable vehicles.

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