• Optional@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    I mean. They were pretty challenging, I would expect.

    It’s just that Apollo dealt directly with rockets and boosters and so on.

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      22 days ago

      It’s just that Apollo dealt directly with rockets and boosters and so on.

      What do you mean? Starship does too.

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        22 days ago

        It was about “Those are literally the engineers who worked on this, one of the most difficult engineering problems in human history, having nailed it on their first try.”

        And how the tools, materials, processes, and organizational structures to deal with those complexities do in fact make it easier than say the original Apollo missions.

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          22 days ago

          Easier for the individual people, but not an easier engineering challenge. 150T to LEO reusability is a harder problem statement 150T to LEO single use.