Apollo astronaut Frank Borman has died

Re:Apollo astronaut Frank Borman has died by idlewords on Friday November 10, 2023 @12:43AM (#38215467)

Part of that NASA plan depends on people figuring out how to put Starship into orbit, how to refuel it in orbit, and then how to safely land it on its tail on the moon. These are three enormous technical challenges that I can't imagine being solved by 2026, even if all the dysfunctions at NASA proper were to disappear tomorrow.

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Re:Apollo astronaut Frank Borman has died by szundi on Friday November 10, 2023 @01:05AM (#38215599)

Maybe one could just decide that concrete blocks and debris can be collected any time int the future from a field area and just allow it to launch

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Re:Apollo astronaut Frank Borman has died by Shawnj2 on Friday November 10, 2023 @02:21AM (#38216099)

The bigger issue is that part of the reason why Starship didn’t make it to orbit is because debris from the launch pad being destroyed was kicked back into the engines.

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Re:Apollo astronaut Frank Borman has died by tekla on Friday November 10, 2023 @07:31AM (#38218076)

There was never any evidence of that. Starship failed because a internal fuel leak causing a fire.

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