Comment on Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 months agoCryo boiloff for long duration missions hasn't been solved, for one. Have you seen how much it vents just sitting on the pad?
Comment on Starlink loses out on $886 million in rural broadband subsidies
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 months agoCryo boiloff for long duration missions hasn't been solved, for one. Have you seen how much it vents just sitting on the pad?
Balex@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Fair enough. Starship is still in its infancy though so I wouldn’t completely give up hope yet.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 months ago
Don't get me wrong, I'd love to be proven wrong and see it succeed, but it takes a LOT more than welding together a steel soda can with engines to get there.
Balex@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I get your point, but isn’t that essentially what any rocket is? Lol