>>11016920>F13 year delay. Initial rocket test, as they had no idea what they were doing.
>F93 year delay. COTS contract funded. As they had underestimated the critical nasa safety requirements.
>F.Heavy4 year delay. There's no government funding. So they delayed it not because of engineering difficulties but rather their Falcon 9 was being upgraded rapidly and would have been waste of rocket to build one out of old boosters. Starting with intro of Block 4 on F9 and launch of FH with B4 boosters, that time was done in less than 6 months.
Now lets get to his successes in timeline.
>launches70+ launches that were mostly done on time.
>Re-usabilityThey went from concept to prototype in 1 year. From prototype to first landing in 1 year.
>StarshipThey went from concept to prototype in 4 months, earlier this year. Did multiple tests in the next 2 months. Now we're here with almost a fully developed Mk1 that will begin 20 km in 1-2 months.
>ReusabilityIMPOSSIBLE
>Under $60 millionIMPOSSIBLE
>STARSHIPIMPOSSIBLE
>PRIVATE SPACE COMPANYIMPOSSIBLE
>StarlinkIMPOSSIBLE
They already made/making these into reality where 99.99% of people would have said it was impossible.
Yeah, so "Elon time" is bullshit.
>>11017012Falcon 1, Falcon 9 (all versions), reusability, Dragon, Falcon Heavy COMBINED cost less than a single year's funding for SLS.
Now Starship's entire development budget will be less than a single year's worth of funding. $2-3B.
