SpaceX Successfully Launches Superheavy and Starship
Per Bob Zimmerman of Behind the Black:
This rocket was built entirely from private funds. Though SpaceX has a contract with NASA for Starship as a manned lunar lander, SpaceX has spent almost none of that money because its focus is getting the rocket launched, not designed to land on the Moon. Thus, a rocket more powerful than the Saturn-5 but designed from the get-go to be reusable is being built by private American citizens, independent of the government. If that isn't a demonstration of thepower of freedom, I don't know what is.[J.J. Sefton] Posted by J.J. Sefton at November 18, 2023 11:19 AM