Comments by "Kevin Street" (@Kevin_Street) on "" video.

  1. Senate Launch System. Just kidding. It's "Space Launch System." Why they had to give it an acronym instead of a name like Saturn 5 I'll never know.
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  2. Thank you for another great video! My quick, totally uniformed takes: - The Blue Origin entry looks the most like the Lunar landers of the past, even if it's made with totally new technology. Convergent evolution can be a good thing, but it does limit what can be done with the lander. - The Dynetics entry is a fascinating dark horse. It's fundamentally new and has unknown potential. - The SpaceX entry is absurdly huge, looks like it came straight off the cover of a 1950's sci-fi magazine, and I love it already. Landing an apartment building sized rocket on the Moon seems like ridiculous overkill - and maybe it is too much for some missions, but man oh man, you could really accomplish something with all that cargo space!
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  3. Maybe SLS will have fusion powered motors when it finally launches. That technology should be ready about the same time.
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  4. If they're ready to launch and hit that 2024 date then I take it all back.
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  5. Yes, it seems like the kind of rocket they could use when they don't need to take off again. Land one of those and make it into an instant base or industrial facility. They might need to tip it over first, though...
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