Apr 9, 2024 · The Space Shuttle side boosters (aka. solid boosters) were also reused and relaunched. Why is it the case that the Falcon 9 is known as one of the cheapest rockets ever …

Apr 20, 2021 · SpaceX has always believed in a "If you build it, they will come" approach, even from day one. They are betting that by the time Starship is operational, the market demand for …

Feb 12, 2021 · The purpose of the Shuttle's wings was not to look like an airplane, it was to give the Shuttle sufficient cross-range capability to take off from Vandenberg into a polar orbit, do …

Aug 13, 2024 · Of course, modular space stations have the advantage of having all the necessary scientific equipment in certain modules, are more spacey than capsules, and can host more …

At 1:24:00 in SpaceX's IFT3 broadcast, Kate says that there are 18,000 heat shield tiles on Starship. Each hexagonal tile is 9.5" (0.2413m) across the short diagonal. The area of the …

Mar 23, 2021 · The Space Shuttle got around this by landing as a plane. Only after someone demonstrated it's possible to land an unmanned rocket (some time before SpaceX) did the …

Mar 16, 2021 · Starship and most spacecraft are significantly smaller, but the cost of sending mass into space on Dragon is over 2,700 dollars for just a kg ( used to be 54k on space-shuttle).

Apr 24, 2021 · The SpaceX Starship (lunar and/or crew-rated version, upper stage only) is expected to have more habitable volume than the International Space Station. On the other …

May 3, 2020 · All evidences show that the new vehicle, Starship is vertically assembled with all sorts of cranes, and SpaceX renderings show vertical integration of Starship and the booster. …

Feb 25, 2023 · It does not seem to me that SpaceX will use thrusters similar to Draco to deorbit Starship, and I think firing a Raptor would be too powerful. All I can imagine is that it will use …