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SpaceX launches starship Mega-Rocket and catches its booster in midair on first try.
(www.smithsonianmag.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Oct 2024
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I know they market mars hard, but the more relevant thing this is enabling is the starships that will be used for the NASA Artemis missions and upcoming moon base efforts. Those missions are going to need a few heavy flights each for the lander and a re-fueling ship, in addition to the SLS + Orion capsule for the actual astronauts.
Still wish the money was being invested in NASA to do themselves, and that it was being done without all the waste and environment destruction SpaceX so enjoys, but this is still a big deal to ensure Artemis happens.
A lot of rockets will probably be needed for the new space station being planned by Vast. That starts launching modules in 2028.
Edit: Vera -> Vast
For a company with plans so ambitious, they only have a marketing site, a YouTube channel, and some news articles from 2+ years ago, much less a partnership with SpaceX.
News article from a few days ago
https://spacenews.com/vast-releases-design-of-haven-2-commercial-space-station/
"Vast" would be a different company from the one marketing the Vera station, no?
My bad, I got Vast mixed up with Vera.
I edited my original comment.