> nothing groundbreaking yeah? you couldnt softly land rockets that precisely before. show me where it was done before then. > not even close to orbital huh? starship was basically in orbit. they were at the height and speed for orbit but for the purposes of these only 3 tests they didnt need to orbit the earth actually, just that they could do. if you want to be a pedantic asshole you can claim that they didnt practically do it yet, but you have to admit that they pretty much achieved it and saying "not even close" is just so fucking disingenuous and simply untrue. > not even close to reusable yes it is. reusable doesnt have to mean infinitely reusable, but they clearly made massive strides into that direction. falcon 9 boosters fly again after minimal checks making it more reusing than refurbishing. the space shuttle boosters, those were actually refurbished, because they had to undergo serious and long refitting to be usable again. that doesnt apply to falcon boosters and i see no reason to expect this to be a case for starship too especially with the progress. > tax dollars it's done by a private company. not only is most of the money not by subsidies but privately sourced, it would also be much more expensive if done by nasa. just an all around completely wrong assessment of the situation
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