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>>11763201
>>11763201
Looks really promising, will SN5 be on the platform by tomorrow?

>>11758455
As Elon said its ambitious but doable in 2 years and will definitely be done in 4. Which makes sense considering their testing progress.
>There is nothing about Starship that is equivalent to reality. Starship is entirely new, radical, and extremely large.
Its a rocket anon, sure its heavy lift but it is a rocket similar to the company's falcon rocket. It is not something completely new. NASA will be involved because they want to be, they already gave SpaceX 6 months of starship funding through the artemis program and most likely will find ways to indirectly pay them. I do not believe SpaceX needs NASA to accomplish their goals like some here do. Elon Musk is the lead engineer and owner of the company, his words have weight and i would believe them. Even if you do not you have to look at what is already done. The engines are already designed and tested, they did a prototype hop with starhopper, they have done numerous tests on the tank design and were weeks away from a hop with the tank. They still have 2 years of development to get a working prototype to launch unmanned, that is feasible especially when they are steel and being made as rapidly as they are right now.