»Allerdings waren große Teile des Spaceshuttles nicht wiederverwendbar. Die Wartung war aufwendig und der größte Teil der Masse, die das #Spaceshuttle in den Orbit brachte, war keine Nutzlast, sondern die Masse des Shuttles selbst. Insofern hatte es die gleichen Probleme wie das #Starship heute.«

https://www.golem.de/news/artemis-ii-die-integritaet-verlaesst-die-usa-und-fliegt-zum-mond-2604-207211-2.html

Jetzt recherchiert mal selber, wie viele Flüge mit dem Ding für 1 Mondlandung nötig und nach wie wenigen die Raketenmotoren verschlissen wären.

Artemis II: Die "Integrität" verlässt die USA und fliegt zum Mond - Golem.de

Es ist kein Aprilscherz. Raumfahrt steht symbolisch für die Politik des Landes und die Integrität hat die USA nicht nur dort verlassen.

Golem.de
NASA launched the Orion spacecraft on a 10-day lunar mission, signaling a shift from legacy contractors to commercial-space companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin to lower costs and support a sustainable moon program. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/04/03/nasas-moon-mission/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #nasa #orion #artemis #spacex #blueorigin #boeing #lockheedmartin #northropgrumman #aerojetrocketdyne #falcon9 #starship #moon #space
Is NASA’s moon mission the end for legacy space firms?

The future belongs to the producers of reusable rockets, led by Elon Musk's SpaceX and with Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin scrambling to catch up.

The Japan Times

I'd rather watch a low-bit-rate, grainy feed of a reliable #SLS with crew members safely onboard than a high-def #Starship broadcast without life support and without reaching orbit with a possibility of a RUD.

re: some smartass on Twitter comparing the #Artemis 2 launch to a recent #SpaceX mission

#space

There’s a Blinking Warning Sign for the Data Centers in Space Industry

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/blinking-warning-sign-space-data-centers

VERY EXCITED TO SEE TEASE OF NEW SOVEREIGN CLASS VARIANT FOR STO!!

The tease implied it would be a redux/remaster of the Noble class, another love of mine in the frame class, but I hope it isn't given the preview video we just got. It's such a departure from the original that it feels like a whole new ship

#sto #startrekonline #sovereignclass #starship #startrek

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