Recent comments in /f/space

peterh80 t1_jbs92rd wrote

Here’s a different take for you; for how long has space exploration been going on in earnest now? 50 years (moon landing)? 80 years (rocket development in 2nd WW)? Hell, even if you go back to the invention of the telescope, that’s still only 400 years or so. And that is nothing but a blip on a cosmic scale and even on the Homo sapiens timeline it is nothing. And yet, you make today your cut off point in stating that we’ll never achieve more….. quite a narrow minded tale of you think about it. Imagine what the next 400 years will bring in scientific breakthrough, insights and development! You let the next 400 billion years depress you without giving mankind the benefit of the next 400 years of development… or the next 4000…..

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NerfSchlerfen t1_jbs5omx wrote

If all they're being used for in 8 years time is crewed missions they might just fly the last 10 missions expendable. IIRC though there are also some Artemis missions booked for Falcon Heavy?

My personal guess is those contracts won't live more than a few years once it becomes clear what a gamechanger Starship is but that's just speculation :P

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