/sci/ - Science & Math

>>16235720
they already do

>>12754772

>>12622767
Only have vague memories of the shuttle actually flying. Very distinct memories of long periods of checking NASA.gov for space updates and just seeing constant disappointment interspersed by New horizons, curiosity, and Kepler. I still think New Horizons was the best spaceflight moment of the 2010s, maybe the first booster landing surpasses that.

Business idea: land lunar starship on Moon, remove engines, renovate fuel tanks, convert ship into a lunar skyscraper to be used for colonization. Thoughts? Could it be done?

>>11901259
Imagine being a LOPGlet watching this monster ship slowly approach you.
>The weak should fear the strong.

I was asking myself the same but thinking more about mars and the moon.
On Earth you can have landing sites flat and with no inclination, but the first time you land on those isn't the starship's center of gravity way too high for comfort?
They even ditched the three large legs of the first designs.