Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months ago"SpaceX Starship will deliver so much propellant to LEO that fuel efficiency won't matter." --- Statements dreampt up by the delusionalhexbear.netimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1133arrow-down1image"SpaceX Starship will deliver so much propellant to LEO that fuel efficiency won't matter." --- Statements dreampt up by the delusionalhexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square60fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebarrbaric [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·3 months agoMusk wasn’t involved IIRC, Draco was a DARPA/NASA/Lockheed project (also some company called BWX Technologies I’ve never heard of that I assume is involved with the nuclear enrichment or something).
minus-squareNuraShiny [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoWith the trajectory of NASA, SpaceX would be who makes it if they ever start such a project again. Unless SpaceX gets ousted from government contracts for being incompetent.
Musk wasn’t involved IIRC, Draco was a DARPA/NASA/Lockheed project (also some company called BWX Technologies I’ve never heard of that I assume is involved with the nuclear enrichment or something).
With the trajectory of NASA, SpaceX would be who makes it if they ever start such a project again.
Unless SpaceX gets ousted from government contracts for being incompetent.