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Comment by api | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]api · 2026-11-15 Sun 00:06 UTC · link
I didn’t know this had been done.

If the results hold then it’s another thing that counts toward settling space, not another planet.

It’s where I’ve been leaning for a while. If we want to go beyond Earth build huge rotating stations or spacecraft. Don’t just go down another gravity well.

Build your own spin stations and dial in the exact gravity and everything else you want. Mine asteroids, which are super easy to access. You can launch mass off an asteroid by throwing it really hard.

[−]moomoo11 · 2026-11-15 Sun 05:47 UTC · link
yeah. i much rather humans build space stations than inhabit planets unless those planets are precisely suitable for us.

we can use planets for their resources or industry.