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>But i also think Starship is going to be great too, something you seem to have a problem with.
See >>16456282 ...Starship will never be "great". It's a scam. You see all the CGI mockups of the fucking thing sitting on the Moon or ever Mars and you think it's actually capable of that. It's never even come close in reality and it's even flawed on the conceptual level.

The estimates are that it will take anywhere from eight to twenty refueling flights with a nonexistent tanker and a nonexistent fuel transfer system to finally send it on its way to the Moon with 100 tons...Block 2 of the SLS can do that in two flights. Block 1 can do it in four flights. Even Falcon Heavy can do it in six.

Where's the advantage?

>That there are differences in the testing and development of Starship is of no concern
It's of huge concern to me that people are now actively talking about cancelling SLS in favor of a rocket that has done...nothing. Hasn't carried a payload, hasn't orbited the Earth. The first flight of the SLS sent a payload in orbit of both the Earth and the Moon.

Did it cost more? Fuck yeah. Did it perform flawlessly? Absolutely. Ever heard of having a bird in the hand versus two in the bush?

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