SpaceX’s Starship rocket system reached several milestones in its second test flight before the rocket booster and spacecraft exploded over the Gulf of Mexico.

  • FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    The space shuttle was a bus on boosters we had to fish out of the ocean. It was expensive and had a very limited cargo capacity.

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      10 months ago

      Okay?

      I mean, I very much forget what the “marketing” was. But like I mentioned above, the real value is the crew and scope of missions. You have a lot more space to move around and do Science! and whatever else.