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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: 0.206s | source
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reactordev ◴[21 Oct 25 13:21 UTC] No.45655443[source]▶
Posture, no one can compete, not even NASA.
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raverbashing ◴[21 Oct 25 13:28 UTC] No.45655530[source]▶
Yeah who is going to deliver faster and more reliable than SpaceX? Boeing? LM?

Doubt

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JohnFen ◴[21 Oct 25 13:34 UTC] No.45655624[source]▶
I don't know who else can, but I do seriously doubt SpaceX is going to be able to deliver within the next decade or so either.
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peterfirefly ◴[21 Oct 25 13:44 UTC] No.45655732[source]▶
They have a pretty good chance, actually. They are almost done with the hard parts of the Starship.
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virgilp ◴[21 Oct 25 13:56 UTC] No.45655873[source]▶
I wouldn't say "almost done" - orbital refueling is likely one of the hard parts, and it wasn't attempted yet.
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1. peterfirefly ◴[21 Oct 25 15:55 UTC] No.45657347[source]▶
It's probably a lot easier than the raptors, the plumbing, the launch tower, the launch mount, the belly flop, staging, and the catching. It's probably easier than the pez dispenser.