Comments by "The Esseboy" (@TheEsseboy) on "Why The US is Struggling to Return to the Moon - Firefly Blue Ghost" video.

  1. Pfft...they did.
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  2. There is zero evidence it will be 100x cheaper, it will probably be closer to 10x more expensive as 12-24 Starships will need to be launched to refuel Artemis...and they are not reusable.
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  3. It is called a computer, that is the easy part, the hard part is reusing the engines, the rocket body etc....and landing the second stage, not melting things and reusing the engines and body... None of which SpaceX have solved.
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  4.  @NathanaelHowland  They literally had to invent all the stuff for it...ofc it was expensive...but still, they landed six times at a cost of 23 billion per year, impressive for doing so many firsts, and with only 3 failures. Starship will cost about 2 billion per launch, they need 12-24 launches to refuel Artemis in orbit, do the math...unless Space X figures out how to reuse the Raptor engines, stop the upper stage from melting and quickly reuse the bodies...they are going to lose the contract quick...they are already 5 years behind schedule.
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