I’m kinda confused… I see the Space X test launch approaching and I’m just mind blown.
We went to the moon in 1969 ya? Why is it so difficult to re enact that? Why is SpaceX doing it and not NASA? I’ve seen/heard of a few unsuccessful test runs but I’m not super up to date with our space journeys. But don’t we have this technology/engineering capability?
I don’t mean to be arrogant but can someone explain it to me?
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We’re not reusing the saturn V launchers we used for the Apollo program
The Falcon Super heavy is an entirely new launch booster that (afaik) has never been used on a full mission yet, and the payload/crew vehicle is also brand new.
As far as I’m aware, SpaceX is also intending on having all parts of the Starship/SuperHeavy to be fully reusable, and landing rockets/vehicles is a challenge in itself
For the large part, NASA has been concerned with trying to solve challenges for science/exploration. SpaceX and a few other companies are working on trying to lower the cost and commercialize the simpler missions.
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