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Re:Starship made it through re-entry, did its first ever lan... by rbanffy on Friday June 07, 2024 @10:08AM (#40608893)
> To get the system human rated, they may have to fly tens or even hundreds of flawless cargo missions first.

Each lunar flight implies four launches and three landings on Earth, so the numbers should build up rather quickly.

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Re:Starship made it through re-entry, did its first ever lan... by cubefox on Friday June 07, 2024 @01:21PM (#40610737)
It's much more per lunar flight, but there are very few of those flights. About three over the next two decades.
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