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It has, but it's also easy for forget that it's revolutionary in multiple ways so the long development time seems reasonable

Are you complaining because people aren’t capitalizing the name of the product? Granted, it isn’t a starship, but it is a Starship. Is that better?

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I imagine if a species detected it, they'd take the JWST to examine it before they did anything else. But, that is the nuance with extraterrestrial daydreaming, cause i agree with you.

I’m a big exoplanet fan so my thoughts go there. Not bio or techn signals though. An astronomer on YT explained why JWST is actually not that strong in that part. Plus I like to pull back my hopes.

But parsing out more information on any exoplanet is exciting. I grew up in the “Pluto is planet and nothing exists beyond the except next star” era.

Today. Sizes and atmosphere information. Planetary systems. Wow. I never imagined we’d be talking about this

I hope, really hope, that we don't find aliens... JWST is a flashlight beaming into the dark, and I hope there is nothing in there.

A corgi-sized pumpkin?

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I once had a similar thought, but I wanted to use periodic comets to study the solar system, not the comet itfself. Once they reach the outer solar system, comets lose their tails (become inactive) and would be great platforms for telescopes and other stuff. Depending on the specific comets orbit, they e.g. pass outer planets, the Kuiper belt, or even the Oort cloud. You wouldn't have to care for propulsion and stuff; you'd use some type of nuclear energy instead of solar panels, and you're good to go ;-)

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Size of a corgi 😂 they could’ve just said a pumpkin or something

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Im watching it and im just stunned even more😅

I’ve seen two comments asking for corgis and baby elephants now, why these two units of measurement?

I don’t think that’s what he was doing… if he meant miles it would’ve meant the end of civilization, if he meant a 1 kilometer meteorite it still has the potential to devastate human life globally.

I think more of what he meant was “oh well, I had a good run.”

It's literally called starship. That's the name of the rocket as given to it by it's creators

Cost-competitive with a space elevator. It'd change everything.

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Well, we did exactly that with the ESA’s Rosetta mission, google it!

It is good to ask questions!! It is the best way to learn from others who have knowledge in that particular area.

This sub has been very willing to answer questions without being snarky.

Couldn't you just drill into the surface or something?