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1. ksec · 1790596969 · focus · HN ↗

   I remember all the Twitter account that keep saying Starship isn't physically / scientifically possible.

   I am so looking forward to a successfully launch today.

   1. small_model · 1790598498 · focus · HN ↗

      Same with data centres in space, "Noooooo it cant work, heating in space, blah blah" same people, will never achieve anything in life as they only see limits.

      1. nixon_why69 · 1790599372 · focus · HN ↗

         Different category of doubts. It's unreasonable to say starship can't work in a world where the Saturn V did work.

         For datacenters in space to work, they have to solve a bunch of unsolved problems and be more economical than datacenters in earth.

         1. inglor_cz · 1790601735 · focus · HN ↗

            "It's unreasonable to say starship can't work in a world where the Saturn V did work."

            Most of the doubts were economical as well. Saturn V was extremely expensive, its per-unit cost could be expressed in still-human-readable fractions of the entire US GDP. Starship should be several orders of magnitude cheaper while providing more capabilities.

            I don't doubt Starship, BTW. Great project.

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