And this is a nice advertisement, but right now, SLS did exactly what it had to, completing it’s mission entirely, safely and correctly.
Starship can’t even get into space.
The promises sound great, but they’re only promises so far. Worse, theyre Musk promises and you should probably have a look at all the things Musk promised and didn’t deliver.
On its second flight in the most powerful rocket ever built. How many flights did it take SLS to get to where it is now - including all the space shuttle launches upon which it is based?
SLS is the project that is running over budget and behind schedule here. Starship won’t be ready in time for the scheduled 2025 trip to the moon, but nothing else will be ready either - the moon landing schedule was always overly ambitious. Starship is doing pretty well along its own development timescale.
However Starship is still miles and miles away from being ready for Artemis. They need to get into space. They need to do cryogenic fuel transfers in orbit (never been done). They need to turn Starship into a human rated moon lander (SpaceX have no experience here). NASA are supposed to be working with them to provide their experience, particularly with human life support, however AFAIK they haven’t even started collaborating in earnest yet.
And this is a nice advertisement, but right now, SLS did exactly what it had to, completing it’s mission entirely, safely and correctly.
Starship can’t even get into space.
The promises sound great, but they’re only promises so far. Worse, theyre Musk promises and you should probably have a look at all the things Musk promised and didn’t deliver.
What do you call space? It got above the karman line.
That’s a fair point. I stand corrected that Starship did indeed get into space briefly before exploding.
On its second flight in the most powerful rocket ever built. How many flights did it take SLS to get to where it is now - including all the space shuttle launches upon which it is based?
SLS is the project that is running over budget and behind schedule here. Starship won’t be ready in time for the scheduled 2025 trip to the moon, but nothing else will be ready either - the moon landing schedule was always overly ambitious. Starship is doing pretty well along its own development timescale.
However Starship is still miles and miles away from being ready for Artemis. They need to get into space. They need to do cryogenic fuel transfers in orbit (never been done). They need to turn Starship into a human rated moon lander (SpaceX have no experience here). NASA are supposed to be working with them to provide their experience, particularly with human life support, however AFAIK they haven’t even started collaborating in earnest yet.
It’s hardly fair to include all shuttle launches in SLS development. It’s virtually an entire new system, minus the engines.