▲ 19 ▼ [Eric Berger] Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse (arstechnica.com) submitted 3 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/spacex@sh.itjust.works 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (3 children) I mean manned missions it will have to come back. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children) No need to bring a whole spaceship back from orbit for that. A capsule like crew-dragon that can be refurbished for multiple uses is perfectly fine and can be used as an emergency escape vehicle as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) feels like then the next most obvious thing is to make the ship connectable so that over time you could sorta gather them into a space station. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago The scifi part of my brain wants SpaceX to leave some old Starships in orbit to sell to space station or space tug/depot companies to refit, or mfg companies to scrap. There's no way any of those uses make sense anytime soon, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 1 point 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children) No need to bring a whole spaceship back from orbit for that. A capsule like crew-dragon that can be refurbished for multiple uses is perfectly fine and can be used as an emergency escape vehicle as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) feels like then the next most obvious thing is to make the ship connectable so that over time you could sorta gather them into a space station. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago The scifi part of my brain wants SpaceX to leave some old Starships in orbit to sell to space station or space tug/depot companies to refit, or mfg companies to scrap. There's no way any of those uses make sense anytime soon, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 child) feels like then the next most obvious thing is to make the ship connectable so that over time you could sorta gather them into a space station. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago The scifi part of my brain wants SpaceX to leave some old Starships in orbit to sell to space station or space tug/depot companies to refit, or mfg companies to scrap. There's no way any of those uses make sense anytime soon, though. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago The scifi part of my brain wants SpaceX to leave some old Starships in orbit to sell to space station or space tug/depot companies to refit, or mfg companies to scrap. There's no way any of those uses make sense anytime soon, though. permalink fedilink source parent