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    • Just Jeepin'
      Just Jeepin' last edited by

      I’ve just barely started reading this, probably won’t until after work, but it’s obvious it will be of interest to this audience. A very deep dive into these competing efforts.

      https://everydayastronaut.com/sls-vs-starship/

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      • Vondon302
        Vondon302 @Just Jeepin' last edited by

        @just-jeepin Whew that is a big one. Started off good too. Saved for later also.

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        • Skyfire77
          Skyfire77 @Just Jeepin' last edited by

          @just-jeepin Of course, the main difference is that Starship will actually be used. SLS is strictly a jobs program; any actual hardware is entirely inconsequential.

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            RallyWrench last edited by

            I just hope they find someone named Jefferson to ride the Starship.

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            • sn4cktimes
              sn4cktimes last edited by

              The TLDR after reading that is at a worst-case scenario to use Starship will cost $2000/kg to get stuff to the moon. Anything else would cost more, a lot more. NASA's SLS relies on old tech, by comity-style, will work, will be expensive, is kind of a dead-end tech scenario due to the way gov't spending operates. The future is going to be a private industry try-fail-redoBetterFaster, with government launch permissions.

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              • RallyDarkstrike
                RallyDarkstrike last edited by RallyDarkstrike

                @Just-Jeepin As much as I am not a huge fan of Musk or Tesla, I have to give him credit for what SpaceX has become and grown capable of doing...the fact, alone, that Rockets can take off, do stuff and then land back in the SAME PLACE, let alone ON A ROCKING/ROLLING SHIP IN THE OCEAN still boggles my mind...

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