Seems like they learned a lot so will improve on the next flight. The math is well known but it's hard to fully test a rocket without launching it. Hopefully the next flight will go better for them.

Let's hope they get this right or else many a robot sci-fi movie will become a sci-fi prophecy.

Getting into the ice on Mars may give a lot of data as well. Will be good after 2026 with a few Optimus robots zipping around to get a lot more research done more quickly. Hopefully a Starship with a

Part of the idea came when I saw how easy SpaceX made and added the hot staging ring. For the modular ship, you are basically doing the same thing but just above the tanks. Hopefully some engineer will

An Optimars - I love that, I think I'll spread that around if you don't mind.

Good question. People will always be people. However, given that for the first few decades on the Moon or Mars (especially Mars being so far away), everyone will be focused on just staying alive which

Well done, thanks for encouraging us all.

Will be amazing to see what Optimus can do on Mars with a few tools, Cybertrucks to ride in, and AI to guide it. I wonder if they will need to wear a suit of some kind to protect them from cold and dust,

It's pretty amazing that no person has done a spaceflight over the poles before. A first, and it's from a private mission. This reaffirms the importance of private companies in our expansion into space.

Would you add other planets to your list of possible places if they were ready within the next 10 years? Thinking of the Moon or Mars colonies?

Would be great to see them move the ISS to a 100 year orbit, still decommission it but keep it for Space Tourism. It is possible to save such a historic part of human expansion to space, why not at least

Yeah, that is a problem. Australia has traditionally had good relationships with the USA, so I think if anywhere can achieve it, maybe SpaceX could get the paperwork sorted.

With such a big population coming on stream do you think it will affect the overall performance of Starlink, especially since Starship is not launching the next gen satellites yet?

Will be great to see Australia join the space launch community, it should gain a strong local market, and hopefully encourage others to join in. I think Australia would be a good third site for a SpaceX

That was a pretty impressive mission. Good to see. Imagine what will be able to be done when Starship is landing 100+ tons of payload every mission. May not be too far away hopefully.

This has relevance to Mars and Moon colonization as well, especially in the early days when everyone is working together to survive. People will still work in shifts as we all need rest, but will they

Yes, time is getting short. SpaceX don't seem to be worried about it, just the rest of us wanting to see it happen as it's such a crucial part of the Mars prep.

More so in the case of asteroids, I don't think people really expect it to be a problem, but it's something they worry about as it is new and unknown. Probably more of a wondering so this just gives peace

True, hopefully some early successful tests will bring more confidence in it. Then if they can build Starship fast enough, it will happen often enough that we will just see it as normal.

There is a new focus on Mars politically but it has always been the focus for SpaceX. However, SpaceX is still working on the HLS for the Moon so it should happen. Maybe this change will affect the timing