It's not a grift, more like a publicity stunt. A Japanese billionaire is helping fund SpaceX's next gen rocket in exchange for a moon flyby with a bunch of artists.
2023 is optimistic given the delays they've experienced in getting starship's booster off the ground.
I agree with you, but I hedge my statements on this topic as I've been criticized here for "defending space treats" when simply correcting the record. Posters here tend to assume spacex is on the same level as tesla.
Currently starship is an empty grain silo with some nice but still unrelible engines stacked on it.
It's gonna be 4-5 years before anyone is dumb enough to Man Rate this (and man rating a booster is like man rating a new airliner) , even as the Artemis Moon lander (which since it doesn't have to launch from earth with crew or re-enter is ironically less dangerous)
It's not a grift, more like a publicity stunt. A Japanese billionaire is helping fund SpaceX's next gen rocket in exchange for a moon flyby with a bunch of artists.
2023 is optimistic given the delays they've experienced in getting starship's booster off the ground.
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No clue. On one hand their mature platforms are quite good at what they do, on the other there's the :melon-musk: factor.
If they crash it'll be into earth.
The reusability of Falcon 9 is a big milestone but Energia 2 could have put us there in the 90s :ussr-cry: .
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I agree with you, but I hedge my statements on this topic as I've been criticized here for "defending space treats" when simply correcting the record. Posters here tend to assume spacex is on the same level as tesla.
Currently starship is an empty grain silo with some nice but still unrelible engines stacked on it.
It's gonna be 4-5 years before anyone is dumb enough to Man Rate this (and man rating a booster is like man rating a new airliner) , even as the Artemis Moon lander (which since it doesn't have to launch from earth with crew or re-enter is ironically less dangerous)