restitutor-orbis t1_j7w19p3 wrote on February 9, 2023 at 8:25 PM

Reply to comment by bookers555 in SpaceX president/COO Gwynne Shotwell says they're attempting Starship's 33-engine static fire test tomorrow, Feb 9. by spsheridan

Saturn 5 took from 1960 to 1967 from start of real work to the first launch (amazing what 5% of the federal budget can do for you). Since Starship work was announced as starting in 2016, it seems it's not the fastest developed any more.

restitutor-orbis t1_izu7ikn wrote on December 11, 2022 at 9:51 PM

Reply to comment by lemmecheckit in Splashdown! NASA's Artemis 1 Orion capsule lands in Pacific to end epic moon mission by glawgii

There's no reason for SpaceX fanboys to be anything but happy for this; SpaceX and NASA/Artemis are inextricably linked. There is currently no way for Artemis to return humans to the moon without SpaceX's Starship lunar lander, making NASA and the formidable political network behind Artemis a major investor in Starship. The Artemis program is the surest guarantor for SpaceX's interplanetary ambitions.