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ralfd • today at 12:47 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

There is (2 minutes before Flight 14, maybe it changes in 10 minutes) low chance, but not no chance.

> This would be an ambitious but achievable cadence for Starship, particularly if the tanker Starships didn’t have to be reusable, and could be made without a heat shield or control surfaces. Just how much time SpaceX has to reach this cadence is an interesting question, since right now NASA and SpaceX are locked in a game of chicken around who can commit to the least realistic timeline. But it probably has to get in gear by early 2027.

This is good evaluation. A launch every week in 2027 is ambitious, but not impossible.


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tonyhart7 • today at 1:29 PM

"A launch every week in 2027 is ambitious, but not impossible."

I don't think a week is enough to gather data and fix subsequent launch

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