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Re:SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th t... by Sparyjerry on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @07:06PM (#45046401)
Starship has already reached orbit many times but places itself on a suborbital trajectory to intentionally test re-entry and landing which it has done successfully several times.
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Re:SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th t... by fluoridation on Wednesday August 27, 2025 @09:38PM (#45047350)
Wrong. Starship has yet to orbit the planet. Certainly not "many" times, considering this is only its tenth flight.
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Re:SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th t... by Sparyjerry on Thursday August 28, 2025 @01:24PM (#45054714)
They've already demonstrated they can orbit, they just choose not to. Reaching orbit and orbiting the planet are two different things. Saying that that is not reaching orbit is like saying McDonalds is failing at serving breakfast all day because they chose not to serve breakfast after 11:00 to meet their goals.
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Re:SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th t... by fluoridation on Thursday August 28, 2025 @02:54PM (#45055670)
>Reaching orbit and orbiting the planet are two different things.

LOL. Are you serious?

To reach orbit: to reach a horizontal speed such that the spacecraft can complete a revolution around the celestial object while in free fall, without having to execute any additional maneuvers.

Starship has yet to reach orbit. The reason doesn't matter. It hasn't done it.

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Re:SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th t... by Sparyjerry on Friday September 05, 2025 @08:34PM (#45145390)
In your world, you can't run even though you get up to running speed but you chose to walk. You sound so dumb.
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