Aknorals⚑Ⓐ 🏴2d ago
Nowhere Girl

"As an important thing to note.

Artemis II got into space before Starship even got into orbit."

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Usili (Talia) 🏳️‍⚧️ (@usili.bsky.social)

As an important thing to note. Artemis II got into space before Starship even got into orbit.

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Show threadMedea Vanamonde 🏳️‍⚧️3d ago
@gwynnion
Show threadEmma needs ☕️ and paying work3d ago
@gwynnion I feel compelled to make that comment on some rocketry discords just to annoy the Elon fanboys.
Show threadSean3d ago
@gwynnion Yeah our whole school was watching because one of our teachers was Ron McNair’s cousin. I’ll admit that until this happened I thought the mission had been scrubbed because of the heat shield issue. Fingers crossed I guess that they survive reentey.
Show threadehurtley 3d ago

@gwynnion Gated Rat can kick space rocks, but that’s a bad take. Starship has been in development for only ten years, and has had four successful “purposefully planned” just-short-of-full-orbit launches to space. And it’s a wholly new design.

SLS has been under development for over 20 years (going back to Constellaeion/Ares program,) and is based on existing systems (Space Shuttle.)

I imagine it will be another 5 years for Starship to carry a person; but it is progressing FAR faster than SLS.