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>>15722774
SpaceX has fulfilled its entire ComCrew obligation and has designed and launched a brand new super fucking heavy lift rocket from scratch, and is awaiting yet another launch—all the meanwhile Boeing has yet to send 1 (one) crew to the ISS. And they got more money than crew dragon because they were considered the "safe and confident" option LMFAO

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>>15440347
The best place for a lunar station is on lunar soil. Zubrin and /sfg/ had this right years ago: LOP-G is just a glorified dV tollbooth.
https://spacenews.com/op-ed-lunar-gateway-or-moon-direct/

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Heard starship is launchin in a week so I've returned to sfg

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VASIMR?! VASIMR ENGINE?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? IT'S JUST A FANCY PLASMA THRUSTER, NOT SOME MAGICAL SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEM!

LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING ABOUT VASIMR, MY FRIEND! IT'S AN ACRONYM! YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! VARIABLE SPECIFIC IMPULSE MAGNETOPLASMADYNAMIC ROCKET! TRY SAYING THAT FIVE TIMES FAST! AND GUESS WHAT? IT'S NOT EVEN THAT IMPRESSIVE!

VASIMR? MORE LIKE SLOW-SIMR! YOU THINK THIS ENGINE WILL GET US TO MARS IN A FLASH? WRONG! WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MONTHS! DOZENS OF MONTHS! EVEN WITH NUCLEAR ELECTRIC PROPULSION! AND YOU KNOW WHAT'S WORSE? THE POWER REQUIRED TO RUN THIS THING! IT'S INSANE! WE'RE TALKING MEGAWATTS! MEGA-WHAT? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! MEGA-WHAT?!

SO, YOU'RE TELLING ME YOU WANT TO RELY ON THIS VASIMR ENGINE TO TAKE US TO MARS? WHEN WE HAVE OTHER OPTIONS? LIKE CHEMICAL PROPULSION? YOU MUST BE OUT OF YOUR MIND! WE NEED PRACTICAL, RELIABLE, AND EFFICIENT SOLUTIONS! AND GUESS WHAT? VASIMR AIN'T IT!

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>>14834680
>>14834700
>Aft docking mechanism designs—key to the SpaceX propellant transfer architecture - have continued to mature.
ASS2ASS IS BACK BABY

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>>14628891
we've already peaked, please no forcing

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i have bad news guys...im back

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