Starliner is designed to land on land.
I now it's a bit of a potential deathtrap, but it did stick the landing.
edit: eventually
The lunar landing may be delayed until the 2030s if they can't perfect the new space suits.
For the love of god, I hope they don't skimp and cut corners in order to keep the current mission schedule.
www.independent.co.uk
For the love of god, I hope they don't skimp and cut corners in order to keep the current mission schedule.
NASA’s moon landing could face major delay if this critical equipment isn’t ready
NASA says testing progress ‘underscores continued confidence’ that the spacesuits will be ready to support the lunar landing
www.independent.co.uk
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It's kind of .. no it's really extremely sad NASA has been working on some kind of Lunar suit since the early 2000's and still isn't anywhere.The lunar landing may be delayed until the 2030s if they can't perfect the new space suits.
For the love of god, I hope they don't skimp and cut corners in order to keep the current mission schedule.
NASA’s moon landing could face major delay if this critical equipment isn’t ready
NASA says testing progress ‘underscores continued confidence’ that the spacesuits will be ready to support the lunar landing
You can see them wave to President Obama in prototypes of them in 2009 at Obama's first inauguration. Riding the lunar rover we're also never going to get.
Seconded
I will never forgive Obama for killing Constellation:
What Elon's stooge Jared wants to kill:
So both parties have anti-space idiots.
Kelly 2028!
At least Babin is standing up to Jared
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which means they will most likely land on the moon in 2028 and hopefully build a moon base there
Yeah, that’s highly unlikely.
SLS and Orion are ready, but the billionaire boys club isn’t.
NewSpace hype exposed
apnews.com
But Ears Issacman dismantled the SLS Block 1B/Block 2 infrastructure. He flew on Elon’s little capsule—so conflict of interest right there.
Fallout
NewSpace hype exposed
Blue Origin investigates rocket explosion as public is warned about possible wreckage washing ashore
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is assessing damage to its Florida launch pad after a rocket exploded during a test firing.
apnews.com
But Ears Issacman dismantled the SLS Block 1B/Block 2 infrastructure. He flew on Elon’s little capsule—so conflict of interest right there.
Fallout
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That explosion looked like a nuclear mushroom cloud. All the video angles I've seen are terrifying.
Ranked explosions
No Antares on the list? Hmm.
Something else to bear in mind: LNG doesn’t like to be sloshed:
phys.org
Hydrogen doesn’t either, which is why Shuttle RTLS aborts were dreaded.
But SLS has an escape tower, and it has a steady trajectory. It and shuttle ETs would be perfect for wet workshops.
But here is the capper.
In order to be reused, the methalox first stages of both Elon and Bezos HAVE to do some rather violent maneuvers….especially SuperHeavy that last go around.
RTLS for every SuperHeavy recovery.
Falcon is rather narrow, and it can travel out to sea on a barge.
New Glenn’s first stage can too. It has fins like Starship, but legs like Falcon.
VTOHL type TSTOs can just glide back and don’t have to re-light or do boostback.
That likely would extend engine life.
But winged spaceflight has taken a hit lately—and carny barker Branson didn’t help.
No Antares on the list? Hmm.
Something else to bear in mind: LNG doesn’t like to be sloshed:
Sloshing liquefied natural gas in cargo tanks causes higher impact forces than expected
What happens if liquefied natural gas (LNG) hits the wall of the cargo tanks in a ship? New research from the team of physicist Devaraj van der Meer from the University of Twente, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that much higher pressure peaks can occur...
Hydrogen doesn’t either, which is why Shuttle RTLS aborts were dreaded.
But SLS has an escape tower, and it has a steady trajectory. It and shuttle ETs would be perfect for wet workshops.
But here is the capper.
In order to be reused, the methalox first stages of both Elon and Bezos HAVE to do some rather violent maneuvers….especially SuperHeavy that last go around.
RTLS for every SuperHeavy recovery.
Falcon is rather narrow, and it can travel out to sea on a barge.
New Glenn’s first stage can too. It has fins like Starship, but legs like Falcon.
VTOHL type TSTOs can just glide back and don’t have to re-light or do boostback.
That likely would extend engine life.
But winged spaceflight has taken a hit lately—and carny barker Branson didn’t help.
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it was like something from a movie and or from a tv show
Yes glad someone mentioned him. Whatever happened to "Virgin Galactic?"
They were just in the news. It seems they're in a bit of a do-or-die moment: https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/05/the-suborbital-space-tourism-industry-is-on-life-support/
If starship blows up on the pad it has the yield mor or less of a Hiroshima typef nuke (16kt). New Glenn supposedly had a 1kt yield so about
