Yes, Musk exaggerates grossly. But there aren't many analysts who doubt Starship will launch in H12022.

Starship is now closer to launch than SLS FFS !

> That's assuming that Starship pans out, and that it matches SpaceX's proposed timeline (which they very rarely do),

Starship is undeniable gearing up for a launch in Q12022. Other rockets are nowhere near that.

> and that Starship is by that point reliable enough that people will be willing to send very expensive telescopes up on it. That's not a given

Webb is expensive because it has to fit in the rocket available. Starship can easily launch bigger but cheaper telescopes. And room in the budget for a backup / second scope.

The woke left ( i.e. not all the left ) do not understand how much hated their religion - that's what it is - has become for NORMAL, DECENT PEOPLE. The FSF should talk to NORMAL, DECENT PEOPLE and reject Yet Another Woke Takeover.

"Diversity" means "woke" means NOTHING TO DO WITH SOFTWARE FREEDOM. Take you whining elsewhere.

The woke religion wants to take over literally EVERY CAUSE. Stick to Software Freedom, ignore the snowflakes and associated whiners.

Killer App for Space Station: An array of bloody enormous telescopes, constantly being maintained and updated by humans. Reusing parts of the ISS. First hab and telescope modules launching in 2025 on a Spacex Starship. If we start now.

Are you stupid ? Elon Musk has built the largest rocket ever, which can launch the ISS in one go. Test flights begin Q1 2022. I guess stupid people see ambitious deadlines not being met and assume that means projects will never happen. But that is stupid.

Northrop Grumman caused the delays with the JWST. But, of course, they did not PAY for them. https://www.theatlantic.com/sc...

Webb was hard because it had to fit on the current launch vehicles. Starship is scheduled to launch in Q12022 and it can easily carry a much larger - so simpler, cheaper and better - telescope. So let's start a competition to build one, with any overruns paid for by the winner. And make sure it's named after some obscure female astronomer, so the manhating politicos fund it.

"However, in the next few years, we're going to have some much bigger fairing rockets. Falcon Heavy..." Falcon Heavy ?! Erm, Starship. 9m wide, payload of 100tons plus. Test flight in Q12022. By the time a telescope is ready, Spacex will not be flying ANY Falcons any more, let alone configuring a Falcon Heavy for you.

...but don't want to have to actually study. Nerds aren't wanted here.

Spacex's Starship will soon be able to launch the mass of the ISS in a single flight. That fact changes the game and renders the summary meaningless.