Tuesday, April 2, 2024

The Angry Astronaut thinks Starship has a serious problem



Starship doesn't have these problems. It's NASA that has the problem. In the end, NASA will probably have to make some sort of adjustment ( which he mentions). If Starship had the problem, then SpaceX would have a problem. Starship will get built regardless of what happens to Artemis. Whether or not Artemis survives as is, is not a Starship kind of problem. It is a NASA sort of problem, because it is their program---not SpaceX's. Get it?

I wonder if anybody ever considered the real significance of Starship. It isn't in going to the Moon, or even Mars. It is in getting that much mass into orbit, and the reduction in price per pound for that to occur. Starship should be delivering space infrastructure, not being space infrastructure in itself. I'm talking big projects in space. Artemis isn't that big of a deal. The problem with using the Starship for Artemis is in how they are using this revolutionary launch system hardware. Starship isn't a Swiss Army knife. It's job is in getting massive cargo into space at a bargain basement price. Somebody needs to figure out the best way to use that capability.







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