We couldn't have built the SpaceX systems in the 80s, could we? I feel like our level of technology has grown since then.
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Maybe? But it's interesting that one lesson from SpaceX is the shuttle program picked the wrong parts to be reusable.
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Hello, Hubble repair mission?
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I guess there is only one answer for going to and returning from space and whatever design limitations and requirements which lead us to the shuttle’s design were wrong.
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I wrote a whole thing about this back in 2005! https://idlewords.com/2005/08/a_rocket_to_nowhere.htm …
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If you squint, it was a cool hack.
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Also since ‘75 the soviets have landed on land. But we’re going to water board the capsule for expensive reasons Just more dollars that could have funded a bot
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Ridiculous? It was designed to nuke Moscow with almost no warning.
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Is that true? The Space Shuttle was intended as a first strike weapon?
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