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Comment by fastball | original | SpaceX catches the Starship to end Flight 15
[−]fastball · 2026-11-15 Sun 02:46 UTC · link
There weren't too many runways available to use as backups given size requirements, so I assume if/when they start doing human starship launches they will have multiple chopstick towers and therefore have near-equivalent emergency backup capability.
[−]rplnt · 2026-11-15 Sun 09:40 UTC · link
> if/when they start doing human starship launches

I don't think this is happening with the current design. If there's a human version of Starship, it would have to have meet some safety standards. Namely abort options on launch and safe failure modes on return. I can see a Starship with a classic pod on top, but no way this design carries humans from/to earth.

[−]mr_toad · 2026-11-15 Sun 15:23 UTC · link
NASA human rating requirements don’t apply to a private flight. There aren’t as yet any specific regulations governing private crewed space flights.
[−]rplnt · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:23 UTC · link
Ah, TIL. But still, even private company (or their high paying customers) wouldn't want to take the risk. And using proven design for humans might be easier than to solve all safety issues with the whole Starship. Also, they still have to solve non-starlink cargo deployment too I think?