Re:NASA: We're sending humans to Mars
by seanflyon on Wednesday December 03, 2014 @05:30PM
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Amount done per dollar = total done / total spent
It is fair to count everything SpaceX has done with NASA money as stuff NASA has gotten done, NASA still has an astronomically larger denominator.
> And fwiw SpaceX so far doesn't have anything resembling a rocket that'll make it to the Moon much less Mars.
fwiw NASA does not either and SpaceX is much closer. The Falcon Heavy is expected to launch next year and will be capable of putting 14 tons in a trans-Martian orbit to Mars.
It is fair to count everything SpaceX has done with NASA money as stuff NASA has gotten done, NASA still has an astronomically larger denominator.
> And fwiw SpaceX so far doesn't have anything resembling a rocket that'll make it to the Moon much less Mars.
fwiw NASA does not either and SpaceX is much closer. The Falcon Heavy is expected to launch next year and will be capable of putting 14 tons in a trans-Martian orbit to Mars.