Eh, they’ve already reused v2 boosters, and with a soft splashdown of a v3 booster, it seems like this isn’t too far off.
Make ship have useful payload
Well, Starship Flight 14 was simultaneously Starlink Group 31-1, so I think that counts in terms of operational payloads.
Make ship reusable
This is the one I’m most worried about. I feel like we’ll only have a good sense of this after the first ship catch and they get to inspect a flown ship that hasn’t been soaking in seawater for several weeks.
Make everything reliable
I think this will just come with time as they ramp up the cadence, like it did with Falcon 9.
Just a few minor things left to do:
So yeah, practically done
Eh, they’ve already reused v2 boosters, and with a soft splashdown of a v3 booster, it seems like this isn’t too far off.
Well, Starship Flight 14 was simultaneously Starlink Group 31-1, so I think that counts in terms of operational payloads.
This is the one I’m most worried about. I feel like we’ll only have a good sense of this after the first ship catch and they get to inspect a flown ship that hasn’t been soaking in seawater for several weeks.
I think this will just come with time as they ramp up the cadence, like it did with Falcon 9.