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Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies (www.theverge.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Cryo boiloff for long duration missions hasn't been solved, for one. Have you seen how much it vents just sitting on the pad?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fair enough. Starship is still in its infancy though so I wouldn't completely give up hope yet.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to be proven wrong and see it succeed, but it takes a LOT more than welding together a steel soda can with engines to get there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I get your point, but isn't that essentially what any rocket is? Lol