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Re:The New 'Dream Chaser' Spacecraft Prepares to Visit the ISS by phkahler on Saturday May 18, 2024 @02:07PM (#40400796)
Falcon 9 has a landings are more reliable now than space shuttle launches. I'm not sure how the Starship flip would make people feel.
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Re:The New 'Dream Chaser' Spacecraft Prepares to Visit the ISS by ramesh31 on Saturday May 18, 2024 @03:06PM (#40401221)
You cannot compare the suborbital booster return to an oribital reentry, they are two completely different things. No SpaceX vehicle but Crew Dragon (a capsule) has ever returned astronauts from space, and I suspect it will be the only solution for a long time to come.
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Re:The New 'Dream Chaser' Spacecraft Prepares to Visit the ISS by phkahler on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @07:05PM (#40435217)
>> You cannot compare the suborbital booster return to an oribital reentry, they are two completely different things.

Agreed, but I expect Starship to be doing the same in a few years.

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Re:The New 'Dream Chaser' Spacecraft Prepares to Visit the ISS by avmich on Sunday May 19, 2024 @04:07PM (#40409419)
I do think that if we'd make Shuttle today, it would be much more reliable than it was. Successes of vertical Falcon-9 landings notwithstanding.
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