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radu_floricica ◴[] No.45655837[source]
I'm not really sure if keeping a strict schedule has any real relevance here, outside maybe PR and politics. Starships will drop the cost to other bodies in the same way Falcon dropped the cost to orbit. Why would anyone want to invest in a technology and a project that will be obsolete by the time it's implemented?
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saubeidl ◴[] No.45655981[source]
That is assuming Starship succeeds. Elon's track record hasn't exactly been stellar as of late.
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1. jhgb ◴[] No.45656388[source]
Funny thing is, even Starship's failure (to make a reusable upper stage) would be hailed as a spectacular success by any other company (since now that any other company would have at least a cheap, partially reusable superheavy launcher of unprecedented capability).