This is nothing new for those paying attention. What the article doesn't go into is how instead of competing - companies like Boeing and Blue Origin (Jeff Bezos) are using lawsuits and political lobbying to try and slow SpaceX down.
The one new nugget from the article for me was, "Starship can carry a C-17 of cargo [for the US military] and get it anywhere in the world in an hour." That's cool. Starship would probably need a smaller footprint to land than a C-17 too but I wonder how the Army would unload the rocket?
The army won't touch the payload. They will place it in specially designed containers which Elon's robotic waldos will both load and lower it to the ground for them.
ReplyDeleteMakes sense but still trying to picture the logistics in my head. Does the payload open up and the robots scurry out like so many spiders? I'm sure Elon Musk has it figured out but my little brain is having trouble.
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