• torturedllama@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    I agree, the main concerns are commercial ones. Dragon has already proven itself to be an incredibly reliable vehicle, both from a safety perspective, and a mission availability perspective. But in the future it would be great to have a second company able to provide a similar product.

    Boeing unfortunately still has the Old Space type legacy which seems to hold them back in a way New Space companies aren’t. Perhaps some day Relativity, Firefly or Rocket Lab can step into the LEO taxi role.

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      1 year ago

      On the startup side, I would also love to see Stoke make a crewed variant down the line.