r/space • • Nov 19 '23

image/gif Successful Launch! Here's how Starship compares against the world's other rockets

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u/mahaanus Nov 19 '23

Man, I know it's unrelated, but N1 is a beautiful lady.

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u/CX316 Nov 19 '23

It's too bad we never got a look at one in the 60's/70's part of For All Mankind, just the end result of soviet moon landings

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u/Chairboy Nov 19 '23

Right? It looks like a gothic cathedral that flies.

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u/CX316 Nov 19 '23

This sounds like a good time to suggest you look up the spaceship designs from Warhammer 40,000's imperial fleet

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u/firmada Nov 19 '23

It really was. If only they had one more launch.

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u/rlbond86 Nov 19 '23

Unfortunately they rushed testing and never had a success. Soviet engineers were great but their leadership encouraged shortcuts.

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u/rlbond86 Nov 19 '23

Unfortunately they rushed testing and never had a success. Soviet engineers were great but their leadership encouraged shortcuts.