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Re:SpaceX's next Starship flight could test refueling tech by angiosperm on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @05:53PM (#38619920)
The second version was already starting production when three people died. There was never any intention to build any more of the first one, or to send it beyond low Earth orbit.
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Re:SpaceX's next Starship flight could test refueling tech by mulmen on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @06:59PM (#38620660)
Changes were made based on the fire. The capsule was “production” in the sense that it was going to carry people. It doesn’t need to be mass produced to be “prod”. It’s prod like “this instance matters”.
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Re:SpaceX's next Starship flight could test refueling tech by angiosperm on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @07:51PM (#38621175)
Apollo 1 should have been production like it mattered. But instead the first prototype was pressed into service because the real one wasn't ready yet. The fire was proof.
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Re:SpaceX's next Starship flight could test refueling tech by mulmen on Tuesday December 12, 2023 @08:44PM (#38621603)
“In service” and “production” are synonymous in this case.
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Re:SpaceX's next Starship flight could test refueling tech by angiosperm on Friday December 15, 2023 @01:50PM (#38657217)
Not as it turned out.
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