On: SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today

[Zigurd]

If people didn't recognize when projects became impossible to complete, Lotus Modern Jazz would've shipped in the last year.

[timschmidt → Zigurd]

For something impossible to complete, it sure seems to be deploying a lot of Starlink satellites.

[kg → timschmidt]

Is deploying starlink satellites the end goal of Starship?

[bryanlarsen → kg]

Deploying starlink satellites is the milestone that makes a viable project. Even if it fails on all remaining goals, it will continue flying regularly.

[timschmidt → bryanlarsen]

And it's amazing how much easier it is to test and iterate when you're making regular flights.

[timschmidt → kg]

Putting Starlink sats in orbit is the economic engine that pays for Starship development and infrastructure build-out. You really think you get to skip straight to the end goal without establishing a way to fund it?