Mannnn….spacex is just on another level to be honest. Crazy to see the thing they have accomplished and are still accomplishing in space . Can’t imagine where they will be in 3 years when starship is already operational and probably in mass production . Crazy to see the speed they are moving at.
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This most powerful rocket in history, built at a cost of $15 billion, has undergone three years of test flights and 12 launches, but it has yet to actually enter space orbit or send even a single gram of cargo into space.
Even so, its undeniable they have developed entire product verticals (classes of technologies and production techniques) and thus have structural advantage no one else has atm, so even though their financials are shaky based on the S-1 filed, they probably have the money to keep throwing at this project.
Very cool comparison of V2 Starship vs V3 Starship at launch. V3 gets off the pad much faster than V2!
Lmao. I think you are worrying about spacex financials at the wrong time. They are probably at their best period in their history actually where they dominate the world’s space industry by a wide margin to the point it’s almost like a monopoly to be honest.
The point where we should have been worried about their financial survival should have been over a decade ago in the 2010s when they were just starting and had not yet proven themselves , where a one or two more failures could have meant the end of the company. So if they could survive that era then today where they are literally at the forefront of space technology , I don’t think that should be worry today. Spacex dominance and ability to scale up is almost like Chinas rise in EVs and manufacturing capabilities . Fast and epic in proportion . I’m surprised China hasn’t been able to do the same in Space yet. We have to wait and see if they can also achieve the same scale in space launches and payloads like they did in other sectors .
Meanwhile, the nearby rocket launch control center.
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Recovering from the Falcon 9/AMOS-6 pad explosion necessitated an almost complete pad rebuild, and took about 12 months. New Glenn is a much bigger vehicle (549 vs 1815 tons), with higher energy propellants, particularly in that big second stage. So this is going to take a long time to recover from.
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Interesting that the initial explosion seems to have came from the upper stage. In any case, the entire pad will have to be rebuilt from scratch, if it ever gets rebuilt.