NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission

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404 points voxleone | 1 comments | 21 Oct 25 12:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.209s | source

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radu_floricica ◴[21 Oct 25 13:53 UTC] 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 ◴[21 Oct 25 14:05 UTC] No.45655981[source]▶

>>45655837 #

That is assuming Starship succeeds. Elon's track record hasn't exactly been stellar as of late.

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1. GuB-42 ◴[21 Oct 25 15:24 UTC] No.45656976[source]▶

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Falcon 9 is a massive success. Raptor is currently the best engine for a first stage (unless there is something I am not aware of), and at least a very good one for an upper stage. The Starship itself is almost operational, being able to deliver dummy payloads into orbit, though it does require some reliability improvement.

SpaceX may not be stellar, but it is definitely out of this world ;)

Elon Musk is just a guy, a key figure for SpaceX, but there are 10000+ other people, including Gwynne Shotwell who most people say is really in charge. In fact, I am not sure if Elon Musk does any actual work at SpaceX and Tesla now.

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