HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Might SpaceX's focus on Starlink delay manned trip to Mars indefinitely?


Consider for example that SpaceX is currently prioritizing those Starship developments that will allow it to take Starlink 2 satellites into orbit as soon as possible. A human landing system for Starship has not been developed yet.


  👤 rlt Accepted Answer ✓
I believe Starlink actually helps SpaceX move faster by keeping their manifest full. They just did 3 Starlink launches in a week, which is insane.

More launches = more reliability = faster human rating.

Starlink is also the thing that will make them money to pay for Mars.


👤 al2o3cr
Yup, _that's_ definitely the reason that'll never happen.