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1. Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:28:58 JST Piggo :verified_horse:
   it's like "well i burnt the dinner and the kitchen is in fames, but think of all the data and experience we got from it"
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:28:56 JST LS

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     @piggo happy to see you hate NASA as much as I do
   • Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 06:28:57 JST Piggo :verified_horse:

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     I see no point in dumb rocket experiments like this, there's zero value in putting humans on Mars even if it worked, it's a waste of resources, pollutes the environment, pollutes the lower orbit
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 07:54:23 JST LS

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     • Wolf480pl
     @wolf480pl @piggo guys stop thinking about penii
   • Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 07:54:24 JST Wolf480pl

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     • LS

     @piggo @lain
     do you think there are better ways to build a moon base, or just that a moon base is not worth it if it requires making big penis rockets?

   • Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 07:54:25 JST Piggo :verified_horse:

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     • LS
     @lain I don't care what company is doing it, I might get excited when they start building the moon base, or a space elevator, but not a big penis rocket wankery like this
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:28:12 JST LS

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     • Wolf480pl
     @wolf480pl @piggo he just doesnt like musk, he doesn't care
   • Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:28:13 JST Wolf480pl

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     • LS

     @piggo @lain
     Well, Starship is contracted as NASA's moon lander for Artemis III, and also a way to get a lot of the necessary fuel into orbit.

     Maybe they have a plan B, but if Starship ends up working to the spec, it will be the cheapest (per kilogram of payload) way to get a lot of stuff into orbit.

     Also, during these tests, blowing up is Starship's equivalent of abort(3). Anything goes slightly wrong -> starship blows up so that it doesn't fall as a large chunk in an unexpected place.

   • Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:28:14 JST Piggo :verified_horse:

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     • LS
     @wolf480pl @lain wasn't this just Elon showing off?
     I'm not really sure we need a moon base, but it's exciting and seems reachable.
     
     Though perhaps it could be done in a less stupid way than strapping 30 rockets together to see what happens (surprise, it blew up, twice)
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:32:34 JST LS

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     • Wolf480pl
     @piggo @wolf480pl are you mixing this up with the bezos rocket?
   • Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:32:36 JST Piggo :verified_horse:

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     • LS
     @lain @wolf480pl I mean who likes that guy
     
     That rocket idea still looks like something a 5yo would come up with
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:39:54 JST LS

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     • Wolf480pl
     @piggo @wolf480pl I'm sure they'll make a sexually appropriate rocket one of these days and you can enjoy that theyre spending those millions
   • Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:39:55 JST Piggo :verified_horse:

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     • LS
     @lain @wolf480pl no this is about the 33 boosters strapped together
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:42:13 JST LS

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     • Wolf480pl
     @wolf480pl @piggo NASA has a terrible track record, the shuttles were crazy expensive death traps. I still wish the us gov wouldn't give money to spacex to do whatever nonsense they come up with.
   • Wolf480pl (wolf480pl@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:42:14 JST Wolf480pl

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     • LS

     @piggo @lain also, it may seem stupid to test a rocket that you expect to fail, just to see what you need to fix next. Especially when we (NASA, Boeing, etc) have ways to develop rockets that don't blow up - they may get cancelled launches, but when they do launch, it works on the first try.

     I thought that about Falcon 9 initially - that it's silly and just Musk showing off. But look up the launch stats of Falcon 9 now.
     200+ successful flights in a row.

   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:44:23 JST LS

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     • Wolf480pl
     @piggo @wolf480pl do it, I'll buy a ticket
   • Piggo :verified_horse: (piggo@piggo.space)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:44:24 JST Piggo :verified_horse:

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     • LS
     @lain @wolf480pl I'm waiting for space elevators but while we're doing dumb shit why not bring back airships, that was cool and worked
   • cell (cell@pl.ebin.zone)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:49:09 JST cell

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     • LS
     @lain @wolf480pl @piggo so you’re saying, put all your trust in РОСКОСМОС?
   • LS (lain@lain.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 08:49:09 JST LS

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     • cell
     @cell @wolf480pl @piggo straight outta MOCKBA