I’m confident too. Give it another few years and they’ll have Super Heavy and Starship man rated. I don’t know if they’ll do it by 2024, but that’s not their goal now. They just need the lunar lander by 2024 (I’m sure that’ll be delayed a few years). If the platform can work in 2021, I think Musk can reach most of his goals.
Agree. The long game here runs well into the next century. We’ll be long gone. The important thing now is not to let the profit-driven engineering mentality suck all the youthful energy and enthusiasm out of our efforts. Because the Chinese will gladly replace the West if it can catch up with and pass us. The CCP knows exactly what it wants.
And all it will take is us losing our focus now.
Even worse, the legacy aerospace companies will ...no, I should not even think or write down what just flashed through my thoughts. After all, they are not Hollywood or the NBA. Right?
Oh I don’t put anything past Elon, he is on a mission moon and Mars, just wish I was young enough to go. 😩
The lander needs a booster to send it to the moon or a parking orbit. The Artemis Program and SLS aren't going to be there for it.