I wanted to get SSP out in the world before working on making it look proper. Coded the physics, flight model, trajectories, autopilot, manual controls. Now that it's out, it's all about making it look good, and the first noticeable change should be the user interface.

https://starshipspaceprogram.com

Kerbal-like, real orbital physics, early alpha out now. Teaser: https://youtu.be/Q_fif5EInTY

Fan project, link in the comments.

(Images from financial call)

Do you have any idea ?

Washington Post readers are more educated and smarter than the average news consumer/seat warmer. And these are people interested enough to have read clicked on the article. Yet they are a decade out of date on basic facts.

You can def argue it was a poor criticism even 10 years ago, but at least it had a fact behind it then. I.e. the fraction of their revenue coming from the government, even though much of that turned out to be, relative to Boeing and ULA, great value for $ spent.

Of course they tend to be inconsistent and hypocritical in their concern about government spending and in which entities they criticize for sustaining themselves on Uncle Sam's teat.

Going into the 2030s I’m really interested to see what Jared Isaacman contributes to the industry. Unless he runs for Senate (as he’s discussed briefly), he’ll go back to being a private citizen, and possibly a commercial astronaut as well.

The obvious question has to be asked, is Isaacman going to lead the first crewed mission to Mars? I really don’t see a reason why not, he’s got the money, and once Starship HLS actually starts landing people on the Moon (let’s assume that happens in 2028 or 2029), Mars really isn’t that much more of a reach technologically. So will Isaacman go?

Beyond that, how specifically might Isaacman actually contribute to the industry? Like with inspiration4 and Polaris, I see Isaacman as someone who values the actual aspect of getting civilians into space (and to Mars specifically) way more than Elon, whose always kinda disregarded it as something that’ll just sorta happen once Starship’s ready. Could Isaacman develop some sort of colonization company?