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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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