[LOCKED] SpaceX successfully launched the Super-Heavy Starship

Submitted by MGoGrendel on March 14th, 2024 at 10:30 AM

In it’s third test flight, the rocket successfully completed stage separation and reached orbital velocity today.

“NASA watched with keen interest: The space agency needs Starship to succeed in order to land astronauts on the moon in the next two or so years. This new crop of moonwalkers — the first since last century’s Apollo program — will descend to the lunar surface in a Starship, at least the first couple times.”

Plenty of Twitters with videos, but alas, my embed skills are lacking.

Moon colony for the grandkids and Mars colony for the great grandkids?

EDIT - I locked this. I cleaned it up some, but in the end, I locked it. Anything Elon-related is bound to generate mixed feelings, but that's fine, because he is a very mixed-up person. - LSA

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Perkis-Size Me

March 14th, 2024 at 12:46 PM ^

Elon is a, shall we say, complicated figure, but I appreciate his push to get mankind beyond this planet.

Whether its by climate change, a stray asteroid or (more likely) us all nuking each other into oblivion that started with someone getting their feelings hurt on Twitter / X / whatever the f**k its called these days, this planet is doomed. Absolutely doomed.

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MMBbones

March 14th, 2024 at 3:02 PM ^

Even if we fix everything on your list, our sun only has so much fuel to burn. Yes, the earth is doomed. Anyone know how much hydrogen is left in that lovely yellow ball?

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