Well we should be able to get SpaceShuttle size/tonnage cargo into space again, and on a re-usable platform.
To put it bluntly, rocketry has been stagnant for a while. The spaceshuttle never really got design iterations because politicians wanted prestige more than results.
We will start to see chinese/european copycats of starship, the same way there are many orgs trying to replicate Falcon 9. That is in my opinion kicking us into a new age. The launch cadence of SpaceX just with Falcon/FalconHeavy is already unprecedented as it is.
Multiple orgs chasing starship, and starting a new spacerace. That is what I hope for.
The politicians didn't want prestige, they wanted pork barrel spending going to certain voters. Prestige was just the mechanism to keep the pork flowing.
To put it bluntly, rocketry has been stagnant for a while. The spaceshuttle never really got design iterations because politicians wanted prestige more than results.
We will start to see chinese/european copycats of starship, the same way there are many orgs trying to replicate Falcon 9. That is in my opinion kicking us into a new age. The launch cadence of SpaceX just with Falcon/FalconHeavy is already unprecedented as it is.
Multiple orgs chasing starship, and starting a new spacerace. That is what I hope for.