I understand that SpaceX is able to deliver material goods and personal to the international space station.
I don’t understand why the design to take people to the moon is substantially different, and why it’s failing while getting to low earth orbit.
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It’s the biggest and most advanced vehicle in history. It’s flown THREE times. THREE. And every time it’s gotten further and provided more data as well. Again I say; THREE times.
You don’t magically create the biggest most powerful ship and booster ever and just nail it on the first try.
Nothing like this has ever been attempted, and yet after only three flights they’ve made remarkable progress.
As for getting the the Moon, putting something into orbit at 200km is vastly different than a trip to the Moon at 360,000km.
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