What's next for SpaceX Starship? Future flights, moon and Mars!

[@Ishmam...28]

Starship proving it worth in every test but what I am worried about is how will they handle the refuel problem ? Starship is great for LEO but beyond that it needs to be refueled many times Are they going to refuel the depot instead and store fuel there ?

[@nabilbelauinate43]

ماالدي يحصل

[@FarokhBulsara4065]

we wouldn't know until SpaceX performs it in near future, for now we don't know.

[@OwnGrid]

That is obvious they will fill a tanker who will be specially designed to store fuel in space heavily insulated and would harbor the tools needed for prop loading and transfer then just one time rifling for deep space ships

[@LITTLEgiiant]

A tanker variant of starship will carry the risk of multiple refuels and then transfer all the fuel to the cargo starship in one go.

[@Ishmam...28]

@@LITTLEgiiant yeah in order to do that they need to perfect that rapid reuse of starship

[@emiliaborgesdepaula3431]

Congratulações! Absolutamente tudo é incrível!

[@garyweisbrodt4440]

I'm curious to know why the starship doesn't just carry the astronauts from earth to the moon and back.

[@pricelessppp]

No escape tower

[@cancelanime1507]

Because that's not how the Artemis architecture is set up, it's not crew rated, nor is it optimized to land in the vacuum environment of the moon. But with Trump in office I think there's a pretty good chance SLS and maybe Orion are cancelled..

[@niixodus]

Wouldn't be surprised if the government contractors fall through leaving spacex to pick up the entire program

[@garyweisbrodt4440]

@@pricelessppp I don't understand what that means. SpaceX is already delivering astronauts to and from the space station.

[@rador3573]

Because NASA would be jobless if that were the case, it has been a debate on the spaceflight community that the architecture is wholly inefficient, especially with Gateway's existence being similar to a toll booth. But i guess its one way to be a multiplanetary species.

[@MrRobin61]

I don't understand the setup in 1:33 , if during the landing or a bit later on after the landing that thing tips over it's finished ! Even during touchdown with the slight sideway movement and one leg hits the soil it's going to become unstable

[@yassassin6425]

The centre of mass is very low. however, uneven terrain is certainly a hazard. The landing sites are surveyed and the HLS must touchdown with pinpoint accuracy which we know is possible.

[@MrRobin61]

@@yassassin6425 Very true but the last US lunar lander tipped over even with very low sideway motion when one of the legs caught soil ...I still see this as a very big risk I'd rather see a 90 degree rotation of the ship and land on it's side , take off with side thrusters and then the main thruster

[@СергейБолдин-в9м]

They will just land more accurately.

[@MrRobin61]

@@СергейБолдин-в9м Sorry but in a way true but what if one of the legs hits a soft spot , the spacecarft will tilt to a side or even tip over

[@СергейБолдин-в9м]

@@MrRobin61 I hope it won't happen. Legs will have big enough area.

[@aaabbb144y]

Next thing is to test landing on sand.. because mars do have many sand

[@niixodus]

🦿 🦿 🦿

[@electricminecrafter]

yes yes many many sand

[@RockymountainRobert]

She just said the moon and Mars isn't as far has you think? I new it. The government has not been telling the truth on the distance of our planets

[@RobertoVernina]

Please, please, please: can we have a video stream _without commentary and cheering crowd?_ PLEASE!

[@DoGoblino]

Why no one interested

[@aresmars2003]

The starship will never land on the moon, or it will never take off again! It’s a waste. Land a small lander.

[@ZDubsMGS]

LMFAO 2026

[@lautabott_uy]

are you trying to go to Mars when Mars is at the other side of the Sun ?

[@ZDubsMGS]

@@lautabott_uy Probably a better idea to go to mars after making sure you can land on the moon first....

[@SuzufaDe]

​​@@ZDubsMGS with a ship that isnt an empty shell and carrying cargo of some kind... Artemis archived more in less time and money spend... why are we listening to this?

[@archierush868]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@SuzufaDeArtemis is extremely expensive. Just the SLS rocket which has currently had a single launch costs as much as 25 expended Starship launches. Starship development since 2019 was around $10B and SLS is around $30B. Starship IS the one that’s being developed in less time and money.

[@skyemac8]

Elon musk the con man. This will never happen.

[@darth856]

SpaceX isn't just Musk though. They have a lot of good people.

[@Delta-V-Heavy]

Elon Musk is a science-denying, bigoted, out-of-touch oligarch with delusions of grandeur. SpaceX is world's leading launch provider, powered by a multitude of incredibly gifted and motivated engineers. This will happen... late.

[@ayinaticfrazlin3572]

Come back and tell me that when it does😂

[@SuzufaDe]

Maybe getting into a real orbit, carrying real cargo would be a first before going into that kind of fantasy szenario.... currently artemis is the better system.

[@southernbreeze3278]

do you work for boeing?

[@SuzufaDe]

@southernbreeze3278 No. Haha. Boeing is emberrasing, too but I think people already got that.

[@SuzufaDe]

@southernbreeze3278 whats the other one with the penis ship virgin something? ...

[@FarokhBulsara4065]

to be fair they must master the "fully-reusable" system first before delivering actual payload.

[@archierush868]

@@SuzufaDeNext flight is almost certainly gonna be orbital as the raptor relight verifies its safe to send into orbit and deorbit after deploying StarLinks.