Recent content by Jamoccasin

Catch attempt will be wild to say the least. I really hope it will be a success!!

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There were people on the Titanic and the Challenger, they weren't expected to fail

I'd guess there's like a 60% chance of success, but that's just from experience watching SpaceX development/launches. I'm really hoping it goes well also 😂 The booster actually hasn't "landed and then blown up" before, but you are correct, there have been failures. The soft landings in the...

The long term plan would be to send many starships to Mars at the same time, some with crew and others with cargo so they can bring all the mass they need for a successful mission and surface operations.

It depends on whether you're talking about the Starship or the booster. These are the two very different parts of full stack. The booster, which they will be attempting to catch this flight will not be used anywhere besides Earth. The booster is just the first stage and will not even fully leave...