[−]quertyrecord74 · 2026-11-15 Sun 07:23 UTC ·
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I am trying to understand what's the big deal about this, other that massive weight and the money involved. The way I see it is software controls the fuel output and motion control. The only other challenge I have been hearing about is the heat shield. Other that this what's really special about the spaceship. The number of modules and the complexity seems not that huge. Any error or miscalculation in here is very costly and that is the only thing seems to be the bottleneck here.
[−]KellyCriterion · 2026-11-15 Sun 07:26 UTC ·
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If its that trivial, why did nobody came up with this on their own so far?
[−]CarlitosHighway · 2026-11-15 Sun 07:31 UTC ·
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The real question is if others maybe thought it's not worthwhile because the R&D cost isn't justified. Like "a solution without a problem".
[−]quertyrecord74 · 2026-11-15 Sun 07:52 UTC ·
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I think its money, regulations and viable business plan, because govt is the only market and its risky.
From the engineering perspective what's the real challenge here? Because senors are so capable and control software are mature already.
I know for sure that EU public development of similar technology is gated between approvals and bureaucracy, in addition to environmental limitations that SpaceX can ignore.
From the engineering perspective what's the real challenge here? Because senors are so capable and control software are mature already.