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Re:SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th t... by anonymars on Thursday August 28, 2025 @01:16PM (#45054633)
That's not what I'm saying. We are comparing 1 billion per operational Saturn V flight to...what? There are no operational Starship flights to compare with. What sense is there in comparing the cost of manned flights to the moon and back with unmanned suborbital test flights?
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Re:SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th t... by boxed on Friday August 29, 2025 @02:20AM (#45060815)
Saturn V did have at least one suborbital mission with Spacelab though. So not as hard to compare as you say.
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Re:SpaceX's giant Starship Mars rocket nails critical 10th t... by dragonwriter on Friday August 29, 2025 @02:30AM (#45060874)
Spacelab was carried on Shuttle flights, Skylab was launched on a modified Saturn V. And it was low orbit, not suborbital.
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