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A comment on Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry. Parent comment

Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry by thatjoeoverthr on Thursday May 30, 2024 @05:26AM (#40521694)
DC-X predates Carmack and SpaceX both. The actual challenge is to produce an economically viable product that can survive beyond grants and investors. This is important, as it determines whether the system continues to operate or not. Falcon 9, and not the DC-X, flies today.
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Re:Starlink's Disruption of the Space Industry by lupusreal on Thursday May 30, 2024 @09:42AM (#40523625)
I think doing it with booster capable of actually putting things into orbit must be a challenging aspect of the problem too. DC-X and Carmack weren't doing this part.
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