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>taking anything from reddit that isn't SLS cope

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>Starship doesn't exist yet, there are still a lot of unknowns involved in developing it, and there is currently no market for such a rocket. While the intention is for Starship to eventually launch for only a few million dollars, that is only after many thousands of launches. Starship will be in trouble if SpaceX runs out of funding and/or is unable to develop new markets that justify such a launch vehicle. SpaceX is building a mars rocket, the commercial aspect is just a means to that end.

>SLS and Orion exist now, should perform almost exactly as expected, and are funded because of the political desire to go back to the moon. There are no risks associated with the rocket and crew vehicle needing to be commercially viable. Re-usability is great for SpaceX because they're launching Falcon 9's 1-2 times a month. For NASA, the cost of re-usability would not be justified by only one or two launches per year.

>Last year, Musk predicted Starship would launch to orbit in the next six months. Six months later they were still blowing up fuel tanks on the ground. This is rocket science with a kind of rocket that has never been built before and is not something NASA can count on for a manned space program. Like the Falcon 9, Starship will need to demonstrate its reliability before being considered for manned missions.

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