RE: Starship Elon16 May 2021 23:28
As the cosmos has been an obsession of mine since I first saw Patrick Moore's "Sky at night" way back in 1957 on Black and white TV (my father had a TV shop). This article on Musk was quite amazing.
He's cut the cost and time frames by extraordinary amounts.and advanced manned space flights by decades.
EXTRACT...THE MUSK WAY...
"Rather than opting to analyze everything for years or decades before any flight tests, as NASA has done, Musk’s approach is to build, launch, crash, fix problems, then try again. He’s pushed his way through almost the entire flight envelope of Starship’s upper stage system. With the success of the SN15 flight, he is now in position to fly it again and again. Musk is aiming for higher altitudes and increased operational perfection until his team can do it blindfolded. SN16 and SN17, incorporating yet more advances on SN15, are nearly complete."
Thanks for posting this unsubscribed link NOMLUNGU