Everyday Astronaut
@Erdayastronaut · 22. Aug. 2025
Chinese space startup, Nayuta Space released renders of wanting to belly flop the booster and land it horizontally. Let me break down why I don't think that's the best idea:
1. The booster is already designed to be structurally adequate vertically on ascent, so having the
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Making a fully reusable orbital rocket of any design is one of the hardest engineering problems of all time.
Much, much harder than going to the Moon, which is why it still hasn’t been solved.
I am cautiously optimistic that Starship will achieve full reusability next year.
The other critical technology, albeit much easier, is orbital refilling. If fortune favors us, that will also be achieved next year.
Then consciousness and life as we know it can extend to the planets and hence to the stars.
22:25 · 22. August 2025 · 186.185 Aufrufe
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