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SpaceX just posted this video of the last test. It's one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI9HQfCAw64
Especially the catch is awesome!
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Thanks to the wonderful SpaceX engineers who are actually responsible for the company’s achievements. What they’ve been accomplishing recently never ceases to amaze me.
I'm just going to choose peace today and say: the SpaceX engineers who've been at this forever and have shown that crazy stuff is actually possible are seriously amazing humans, and I do hope they are successful.
>I'm just going to choose peace today As an alternative to what? I don't understand how the first part of the comment is connected to the rest.
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Thanks to the wonderful SpaceX engineers who are actually responsible for the company’s achievements. What they’ve been accomplishing recently never ceases to amaze me.
Talented people are everywhere. Unfortunately, most of them sit in boring jobs and wear out their brains thinking how to push even more ads on other people etc. As a result, their trace in the world isn't what it could be. Gathering many talents together, keeping them together and channeling their abilities towards a laudable goal is a huge feat.
Great talent and bold leadership are a uniquely powerful combination.
I imagine SpaceX is on for some pretty juicy government contracts now!
SpaceX just posted this video of the last test. It's one of the most inspiring things I've ever seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hI9HQfCAw64
Not into space things and while this is cool i wonder what the great significance of this is? I see lots signaling how great this is and it's lost on me.
[0] https://caseyhandmer.wordpress.com/2021/10/28/starship-is-st...
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Totally reasonable question. This is the first rocket ever that will (assuming further success) land in its entirety back on the launch pad, refuel, and go back to orbit the same day. Imagine that every time an airliner landed its cockpit was destroyed and you had to build a new one. A fully reusable airplane would be a transformational improvement. That's the level of achievement we're talking about here.
Is there such a need for a heavy launch rocket to launch routinely?
It takes a heavy launch rocket to launch heavier things into space or missions, refueling, and to goto other planets.
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The previous flight was October 13, 2024, so while I can't speak to every day, one month turnaround is a reality.
It's a completely different booster and ship that's flying.