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Comment by ericcumbee | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]ericcumbee · 2026-11-15 Sun 02:38 UTC · link
not to mention shuttle as we knew it was never supposed to be its final form. the Block 1 Shuttles were more or less intended to be a MVP and they would follow along with Block II orbiters. But of course Block Two never happened, and we just got incremental updates of the block 1s.
[−]adastra22 · 2026-11-15 Sun 02:42 UTC · link
Politicians don’t understand project development. “What do you mean we need to develop a new shuttle? We just spent billions on this one!”