/sci/ - Science & Math

Say what you want and piss and moan about the shuttle as much as you want but if it wasn’t for the shuttle and ISS we would never have gotten SpaceX and eventually Starship.

I’m willing to debate people on this. A manned mars mission in the 80’s would’ve been cool but once three or four of them happened NASA would’ve lost its political drive and stayed in LEO ANYWAYS except with the ISS being built in the 2020s instead of the 2000s.

Also reusable rockets when operated by a government do not work. They’re expensive as fuck thanks to autistic contracting. Only a private company can make a successful and cheap reusable rocket. The shuttle was doomed before its birth - even the dolphin sex version.

>>12502811

Giant orbital laser system. Meant to both destroy American anti-ICBM laser satellites (From the Star Wars program) and American ICBM's.