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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by terminalshort on Tuesday October 21, 2025 @11:25PM (#45664628)
When the current industry standard is that the whole 777 is replaced every flight, that's one hell of an improvement.
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Re:NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission by foxyv on Wednesday October 22, 2025 @11:18AM (#45670486)
That isn't the industry standard anymore thanks to SpaceX. Starship isn't competing with Saturn 9 and the Space Shuttle, it is competing with Falcon Heavy. If the second stage cannot be re-used then you may as well launch a much cheaper second stage that isn't rated for re-entry like Dragon.
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