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This is a normal post Yes, but how many of the things we build actually count as milestones?

(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 13:07, Reply)
This is a normal post Are we including or excluding actual milestones?

(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 15:10, Reply)
This is a normal post 1st commercially reusable tourism rocket
is not an unreasonable milestone.

I mean, it definitely took much more effort to do that, than paving 1 mile of road.
(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 16:31, Reply)
This is a normal post
*2nd
(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 16:44, Reply)
This is a normal post Like I said...
that other one is not entirely reusable. Some parts of it need to be rebuilt between flights.
(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 16:48, Reply)
This is a normal post Virgin Galactic?
Not sure which bit of that system needs rebuilding between flights, but I doubt that Blue Origin would just restack and refuel without performing extensive maintenance checks.
(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 16:55, Reply)
This is a normal post Virgin Galactic
uses sub orbital space planes, with rocket engines, but they're not rockets, and it's debatable if they actually even go into space.
(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 16:56, Reply)
This is a normal post OK, so the Space Shuttle wasn't a rocket. Got it.
I don't understand why you're so wedded to the need to describe this pointless irrelevance as a milestone, while simultaneously so determined to ignore the other pointless irrelevance that successfully beat it to an arbitrary definition of space. It's like trying to argue that Charlton Athletic are the best football club in London because Leyton Orient only play in the second division.

Have you got tickets or something?
(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 19:24, Reply)
This is a normal post The space shuttle wasn't a rocket.
It was also a space plane, which used a pair of independent rocket boosters to get it close enough to space for it to fly independently.

I didn't say the other things weren't milestones or even suggest that. I pointed out how they were different, and so were not THIS milestone.
(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 20:03, Reply)
This is a normal post hey, we get it
you've got a boner for bezos
(, Thu 22 Jul 2021, 5:05, Reply)
This is a normal post I'm surprised at you.
You don't usually surrender with this few moves. Even benny lasted longer than you.
(, Thu 22 Jul 2021, 16:46, Reply)
This is a normal post it's ok to have a man crush
you don't need to justify it
(, Fri 23 Jul 2021, 6:43, Reply)
This is a normal post And they need to replace the engine each flight, I think.

(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 19:26, Reply)
This is a normal post I know they use a solid propellant,
so I guess they'd have to have some kind of replacement cartridge at the very least. As stated above though, I'd expect them to have to go through an exhaustive series of maintenance checks between each flight anyway, so I don't see that as much of a handicap.
(, Wed 21 Jul 2021, 19:39, Reply)