threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 24 days ago[Eric Berger] Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reusearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up117
arrow-up117external-link[Eric Berger] Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reusearstechnica.comthreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksM to SpaceX@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareHubertManne@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agofeels 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.
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·23 days agoThe 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.
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.
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.