floofloof@lemmy.ca to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoNasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moonwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1268
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minus-squareNotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoThe point is no one has done what they are trying to do. Hur dur NASA got to the moon and SpaceX cant even do it is an apples to oranges comparison. NASA used a fully expendable system and delivered about 15 tonnes to surface. SpaceX is building a fully reusable (in theory) first and 2nd stage that can deliver 100t to the surface. You cant compare it. Edit: My bad - thats 100t cargo to the moon, actual mass including ship is over 200t. Apollo was still ~15t
minus-squareMinnesotaGoddam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 day agowait you’re telling me these dipshits think they are smarter than the square cube rule? that’s hilarious
The point is no one has done what they are trying to do. Hur dur NASA got to the moon and SpaceX cant even do it is an apples to oranges comparison.
NASA used a fully expendable system and delivered about 15 tonnes to surface.
SpaceX is building a fully reusable (in theory) first and 2nd stage that can deliver 100t to the surface.
You cant compare it.
Edit: My bad - thats 100t cargo to the moon, actual mass including ship is over 200t. Apollo was still ~15t
wait you’re telling me these dipshits think they are smarter than the square cube rule? that’s hilarious